Switzerland calls for more transparency on the production of foie gras and frog legs

Importers will have to display the production methods of foie gras and frog legs in order to be able to sell them in Switzerland, which prohibits the force-feeding and cutting of legs without anesthesia. LIVE – Disruptions, scale of mobilization: follow the eleventh day of strikes and demonstrations against pension reform Compulsory declaration will be necessary for products resulting from the force-feeding of geese and ducks, explains the federal government in a press release announcing the practical arrangements for implementing a decision adopted by parliament in 2021. This will also apply to products of animal origin obtained without anesthesia, as may be the case with frogs' legs or products from animals castrated without anesthesia, specifies the press release from the Federal Council. No noticeable improvements yet Added to this are foodstuffs of plant origin, if they come from countries where phytosanitary products classified as particularly dangerous at international ...