Today Eyes on Animals met with snack producer Ad van Geloven about their continued import of horse meat from Argentina, where tens of thousands of horses each year suffer severely during transport and slaughter for the Dutch market. In addition, traceability and consequently food safety are very poorly regulated there. Dutch supermarkets have stopped selling this South … [Read more...] about Meeting with Ad van Geloven about imported horse meat in their products
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Meeting at Ministry Economic Affairs on concerns horse markets
Tuesday 29 September, Eyes on Animals met with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss the law enforcement and supervision at the Dutch horse markets. We emphasized that we consider both the upholding of the animal welfare/transport law and adherence to the (voluntary) Protocol Horse Welfare Markets as insufficient. Everyone transporting animals for with the purpose … [Read more...] about Meeting at Ministry Economic Affairs on concerns horse markets
Import of horse meat from Argentina drops more than 60%
After the ban on horse meat import from Mexico was successfully passed, now Argentina's horse slaughter industry is receiving a clear message from EonA, AWF/TSB and AA USA. Since Eyes on Animals exposed to the Dutch public, supermarkets and snack companies the extreme cruelty involved in the collection, transport and slaughter of horses in Argentina, the import of horse … [Read more...] about Import of horse meat from Argentina drops more than 60%
Mexican horse slaughterhouse stops slaughter of horses
On January 15th 2015, the EU import ban on horsemeat from Mexico came into force. On-the-spot investigation now shows that the plant in Aguascalientes has completely stopped the slaughter of horses, meaning that no horses are slaughtered for the Mexican market or for export to other countries either. In February 2015, the Mexican newspaper „Página 24“ reported that the … [Read more...] about Mexican horse slaughterhouse stops slaughter of horses
Jumbo stops selling horse meat from Argentina
Today we had a follow-up meeting with the Corporate Social Responsibility manager of Jumbo supermarket. We discussed their newest decisions regarding selling imported horse meat. Since we released our investigative report showing the horrendous transport and slaughter conditions of horses observed in South, Central and North America, Jumbo decided to take some steps. Today … [Read more...] about Jumbo stops selling horse meat from Argentina
Meeting on ‘cruel’ horse meat with supermarket Albert Heijn
Today, Eyes on Animals met with Albert Heijn (AH), the biggest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, to talk about our horse meat investigation. We talked to three managers, who share the responsibility for AH’s horsemeat retail and CSR policy. Since Eyes on Animals, TSB Zurich, AA USA and 3 other partner organizations have revealed the serious abuses which horses in Latin … [Read more...] about Meeting on ‘cruel’ horse meat with supermarket Albert Heijn
Meeting on horse meat investigation with Jumbo Supermarket
Today Eyes on Animals met with the Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of Jumbo, the second largest supermarket in the Netherlands. We discussed the transport and slaughter conditions for horses in North, Central and South America that Eyes on Animals, TSB Zurich, AA USA and 3 other NGO's, investigated. After EonA exposed the disturbing results to the Dutch media in … [Read more...] about Meeting on horse meat investigation with Jumbo Supermarket
Meeting about horse meat investigation with Ad van Geloven
This afternoon, Eyes on Animals met with the management of the Dutch snack manufacturer Ad van Geloven about our investigation report ‘The Cruel Reality behind horse meat in the Netherlands'. Their own audit team has just returned from Mexico, and we were keen to hear about their - announced - inspections. Eyes on Animals urged the snack company to stop the import of horse … [Read more...] about Meeting about horse meat investigation with Ad van Geloven
