History
CODE-EFABAR®, the commitment to responsible farm animal breeding, has developed over a number of years from a series of European Commission funded projects*. The projects involved a wide range of stakeholders and scientists, including animal breeders, bioethicists, welfare experts, economists, lawyers and consumers. The projects helped to define sustainability and those areas where ‘breeding can make a difference´.
Code-EFABAR was launched in March 2006. It is executed and safeguarded by the European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB). The Code has been revised and updated every three years. The latest update is for 2020.
*The Sustainable Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction project which started in 2000 developed into Code-EFABAR. This project combined expertise from 40 scientific experts, business representatives and experts on socio-economics. They defined sustainable animal breeding and developed sustainable breeding scenarios.
Objectives
The main objectives of Code-EFABAR® are:
Main principle
Code-EFABAR is based on the following main principles:
-EFFAB encourages its members to implement the Code by providing training and practical advice.
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SEFABAR project
CODE-EFABAR®, the commitment to responsible farm animal breeding, has developed over a number of years from a series of European Commission funded projects*. The projects involved a wide range of stakeholders and scientists, including animal breeders, bioethicists, welfare experts, economists, lawyers and consumers. The projects helped to define sustainability and those areas where ‘breeding can make a difference´.
Code-EFABAR was launched in March 2006. It is executed and safeguarded by the European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB). The Code has been revised and updated every three years. The latest update is for 2020.
*The Sustainable Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction project which started in 2000 developed into Code-EFABAR. This project combined expertise from 40 scientific experts, business representatives and experts on socio-economics. They defined sustainable animal breeding and developed sustainable breeding scenarios.
Objectives
The main objectives of Code-EFABAR® are:
- To be the standard instrument for defining and maintaining good practices for farm animal breeding.
- To create transparency for society.
Main principle
Code-EFABAR is based on the following main principles:
- Implementation is voluntary but all member companies of EFFAB are strongly encouraged to implement it and all member associations (umbrella organisations) are strongly encouraged to stimulate their member companies to implement it.
- The provisions of Code EFABAR are equal to, or higher than current national and/or EU legislation. However, use of the Code does not replace these.
- Code EFABAR may be implemented via existing management practices.
- Code EFABAR is designed to be complementary to other existing Good Practice initiatives4.
- Commitment to continuous improvement is an integral part of Code EFABAR
-EFFAB encourages its members to implement the Code by providing training and practical advice.
- Information about Code EFABAR is publicly available at the Code EFABAR website.
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SEFABAR project
Code-EFABAR is an initiative of EFFAB