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  "title": "Fourth annual EURCAW-Pigs MS officials meeting",
  "lead": "On the 7th and 8th of October 2024, EURCAW-Pigs organized a fourth annual meeting for Competent Authorities and policy workers of EU Member States on pig welfare legislation. The meeting took place in Brussels and had participation from 26 officials from 21 European Union Member States.",
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  "html": "<p>In addition, two delegates from DG SANTE and seven staff members from EURCAW-Pigs attended the meeting. The meeting report is now available. <\/p>"
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  "html": "<h2 data-wm-anchor-id=\"Discussion_topics-anchor\">Priority topics<\/h2><p>Hans Spoolder, Director and Co-ordinator of EURCAW-Pigs welcomed the participants and introduced the aims of the two-day programme. He also provided a brief introduction to EURCAW-pigs, highlighting the centres’ current achievements. This was followed by presentations on four priority topics that the delegates wanted to discuss: <\/p><ul><li><strong>Topic 1: Disease and tail biting<\/strong> by Dr. Hanne Kongsted.<\/li><li><strong>Topic 2: Farrowing Housing<\/strong> by Prof. Lene Juul Pedersen.<\/li><li><strong>Topic 3: Finishing pig housing<\/strong> by mr. Herman Vermeer.<\/li><li><strong>Topic 4: Diets and feeding<\/strong> by Dr. Paul Bikker.<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p><p>After the presentations, the topics were discussed further in three parallel sessions held in breakout rooms.  <\/p><h2 data-wm-anchor-id=\"Work_Programme_2025-2027-anchor\">Work Programme 2025-2027<\/h2><p>During the intermezzo sessions of the meeting, highlights from the new Work Programme for 2025-2027 were shared. This includes structured projects for the three-year work programme, which features a safe, protected platform for inspectors and policy workers to exchange and share ideas, known as the Community of Practice. The development of a digital support tool, a training platform for scoring tail lesions and tail length and the list of topics for technical and literature studies was also mentioned.  <\/p><ul><\/ul><p><em>Introphoto: MS Officials meeting 2024 (©EURCAW-Pigs)<\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><\/p>"
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