The European Commission would ban keeping hens in cages

It would be very painful for Hungarian poultry farmers if the European Commission really banned the keeping of hens in cages, since 80-85 percent of the hens raised in Hungary are still kept in this way. The proposals for new EU regulations will be made public this week. In the middle of the week, the European Commission will present its ideas on how to change the currently used label system for the way poultry is kept. The conditions of keeping animals have become an important issue in the European Union. The Commission decided in 2021 to propose legislation until 2023 to phase out and then ban the keeping of breeding animals in cages, after the population of the member states launched a successful pan-European civil movement on the issue, Euronews wrote. Poultry farming is currently covered by four categories in terms of the living conditions of the animals: organic farming, free farming, alternative farming and cage farming. The markings serve to help the consumer make a ...