German organic labels can get pretty weird, though. Your regular EU label still allows castrating piglets without anaesthetization. And if I remember correctly,

German organic labels can get pretty weird, though. Your regular EU label still allows castrating piglets without anaesthetization. And if I remember correctly, the minimum requirements about how many you can keep per square meter aren't that much better than the lowest rung of the new "Tierwohl" scale (1-4 on packaged meats). On the other hand, with the "Demeter" label (the third-largest organic association in Germany) you get some better statistics, but not by much, and you're also paying for the farmers to bury cow skulls filled with magic herbs. I'd really appreciate a EU-wide label with some graduations that actually mean something.