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On the 22nd of February the Agriculture and Fisheries Council agreed that consumers need more information to make purchasing decisions based on animal welfare.
Ministers made it clear that any welfare information system would have to be simple and easy to understand and to be in line with the rules of the WTO; it was highlighted the need to avoid an increase of production costs as well as of the administrative and control burden.
The Polish delegation request to postpone the deadline for the use of unenriched cages was rejected while it was confirmed to the Council that the Commission is currently working on a TSE road map for the years 2010-2015 to be presented this spring and one of the key questions concerns the age limit for BSE tests.
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