From the article: A key issue for the 28-member commission was inhumane treatment of the horses being shipped from the United States to Mexican slaughterhouses. Michael Scannell, director of the Food and Veterinary Office, addressed the issue Nov. 30 at a European Parliament Intergroup meeting in Brussels. In general, the worst contraventions we know are in relation to transport, Scannell said. By way of example, we will publish a report in the next number of weeks in relation to Mexico where we saw animals which arrived dead from the United States or non-ambulatory, i.e., they werent even able to stand. The transportation problem is also expected to affect slaughter operations in Canada, according to Scannell, who added the commission is close to imposing a six-month rule for Canada. So, in both cases, this will make it a lot more difficult -- impossible in the case of Mexico, difficult in the case of Canada -- to continue importing horses from the United States for subsequent export of horse meat to the European Union, Scannell said.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:15:32 +0000
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