Press Release: Eight hour maximum for live animal journeys to slaughter proposes UK. Margaret Beckett encourages EU to change animal journeys laws

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Series Details 23.9.02
Publication Date 23/09/2002
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The UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Margaret Beckett, said on 23 September 2002 that shorter journey times for animals moving to slaughter in the EU should be introduced without delay. She was speaking in a televised debate on animal welfare at the EU Agriculture Council which took place in Brussels from 23 to 24 September 2002.
Source Link http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2002/020923c.htm
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