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Labeling/certifying packaged and processed meats based on the animal living conditions is already happening in the Netherlands. There is a one to three star rat
by m000 8y ago
Labeling/certifying packaged and processed meats based on the animal living conditions is already happening in the Netherlands. There is a one to three star rating called Beter Leven Keurmerk (Better Living Quality Mark). This is stamped on the packaging of most animal products sold in grocery stores. The meaning of the stars for each kind of animal is explained on their website: https://beterleven.dierenbescherming.nl/ https://beterleven.dierenbescherming.nl/
- slacka 8y agoI also saw this labeling when I was in Spain. For example, I often saw pork labeled as "Acorn-fed, pasture raised pigs". Beyond the labeling, their culture seems place a higher value over quality food compared to Americans who seems to value cheap food. I've traveled to both the American farmland and Spanish countryside. The difference is night and day. In America's factory farm areas, the animals are crowed in mud/feces, whose stench can be smelled for miles away. In Spain, the animals were happily grazing in lush pasture land. I believe this is a consumer demand issue. America is a rich nation. The question my mind is why do European countries like Span and Netherlands have such difference values?