News - Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
80 news items of Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Convenant for slaughter without stunning ready in three months
Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Henk Bleker, has informed the Senate about how he wishes to improve the welfare ...
New virus detected in sheep and cows in the Netherlands
Since 1 December 2011 the Dutch Animal Health Service has received reports of congenital malformations in lambs. On 15 December ...
New European Agriculture policy can be fairer, more flexible and simpler
At the request of Henk Bleker, Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, the Council of Ministers has approved the government ...
Orca Morgan to be moved from Dolfinarium Harderwijk to Loro Parque on Tenerife
The orca at the Dolfinarium in Harderwijk, rescued from from the Wadden Sea in July 2010, starving and weak, may be moved to Loro ...
The Netherlands and Germany strengthen dialogue on the CAP
Some 80 participants of various civil society organisations from Germany and the Netherlands will hold a debate on 2 September ...
Dutch cheeses Edam Holland and Gouda Holland granted protected status
Cheeses labelled "Gouda Holland" or "Edam Holland" are now guaranteed to originate from the Netherlands. The European Commission ...
Mild variant of bird flu found in Deurne
Low pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a poultry farm with some 28.000 chickens in Deurne, the Netherlands. This ...
Verburg writes letter of support to goat farmers
In a letter to ZLTO Branch of Goat Farmers, Minister Verburg (LNV) addresses the dairy goat farmers facing the drastic ...
Double standards?
Many people are concerned by the report that ministers Verburg (LNV) and Klink (VWS) have decided to not to cull goats on ...
All pregnant animals on infected farms to be culled
To control the outbreak of Q fever, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Gerda Verburg and Minister of Health, ...