In the crosshairs of animal rights activists, it now ends up there too an excellence like Parma ham. Emilian excellence in particular has landed in the crosshairs of British campaigners who have asked for an immediate halt to the sale of high quality ham produced on farms in the EU from ‘deposits’.
It’s about a covert investigation by the animal welfare action group Compassion in World Agriculture (CWF) pointed out that sows have to spend weeks in pens so small that they can only stand and lie down. All of this is supported by films shot on 16 farms in Italy, Spain, France and Poland, including some that produce Parma and Bayonne ham.
Sweden and the UK have banned cages since 1999, but using such a tool remains legal in the EU. Forcing pigs to be caged from weaning onwards their previous litters up to the end of the first four weeks of pregnancy. A situation of objective humiliation in which sows are forced between their feces and urine, unable to feed the young, and engaging in inexplicable behaviors such as biting and air chewing. Reason why the CWF has asked to suspend the sale of the products in question. The group will also send its findings to agriculture ministers across Europe, urging them to implement an EU ban on cage farming without delay, said Sarah Moyes, senior campaigns manager at CWF.