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The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called on Defra secretary Angela Eagle to suspend the consultation on phasing out high-concentration CO2 stunning of pigs…
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AIMS calls on Defra secretary to suspend CO2 consultation until EU-UK deal agreed
0The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called on Defra secretary Angela Eagle to suspend the consultation on phasing out high-concentration CO2 stunning of pigs until the negotiations on a UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal are complete. While Defra has confirmed its intention today to ban CO2 in abattoirs, ideally with just a two or three-year transition, the European Commission has previously signalled that it has no plans to do so. In a letter to the secretary of state, AIMS executive director Jason Aldiss said: “If overseas suppliers retain existing systems while our members face conversion and additional…