New EU Commissioner may pounce if live exports go wrong

Stephen Cadogan The incoming Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, has highlighted Irish live exports as being questionable from an animal welfare perspective, arguing that the transport times by sea were too long.

The incoming Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, has highlighted Irish live exports as being questionable from an animal welfare perspective, arguing that the transport times by sea were too long.

This arose in his hearings before the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Environment Committees.