Roadshows
From 2025 onward, EURCAW-Poultry-SFA will organize one roadshow per year in an EU Member State (MS) country.
The Roadshows aim at improving visibility of the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA and its activities. They shall support knowledge development in MSs and help harmonizing implementation activities. In addition, they are envisaged to be useful for other EURCAW-Poultry-SFA activities, e.g., the search for good practices, identifying areas of interest for future activities of the Centre.
Italian roadshow
02-03.07.2025
In agreement with DG SANTE the EURCAWs will visit veterinary inspectors in the different Member States in their own countries to be able to better support their work as inspectors in the field of husbandry, transport and slaughter.
Amongst the consortium members it was agreed to deliver the first EURCAW-Poultry-SFA Roadshow in Italy. The Italian central competent Authority (CCA) expressed its interest in the topic: animal welfare indicators collected at slaughter to assess welfare on farm as this is key to the implementation of the Italian animal welfare annual control plan for poultry.
The focal point of the CCA and a representative group of 23 veterinary officials responsible for official controls in poultry slaughter plants from the main poultry producing regions participated to the event. The event was organized by the three Italian members of EURCAW-Poultry-SFA. After welcoming and introduction of all participants the organizers gave an Introduction and update of EURCAW-Poultry-SFA activities followed by a presentation of the EU Partnership activities related to the topics on indicators at slaughter, for assessment of welfare on farm with particular focus on FPD. The focal point of the Italian CCA presented the Italian National animal welfare annual control plan (PNBA 2024) and gave updates on related national welfare legislation on poultry.
An icebreaker exercise on Foot Pad Dermatisis (FPD) scoring on foot sample protocol followed and the results were discussed the following day.
Participants from ASL Cuneo 1 presnted a report on data collection and evaluation at a slaughter-plant in in their district which stimulated very interactive discussions on type of welfare data collected at slaughter and how these are collected and analysed.
Other topics treated were the verification of stunning equipment and fitness for transport.
Finally there was a discussion on the use of EURCAWS outputs, how to improve dissemination and suggestions for future activities or topics for the EURCAW Work Program.
The event report is available here.
The English slide shw is availalble here.
The Italian slide show is availalble here.
Spanish roadshow
27.05.26
The second EURCAW-Poultry-SFA Roadshow was organized by the Spanish Centre partners in Madrid on May 27th 2026.
The Spanish competent Authority expressed their interest in the topic: turkey welfare from farm to fork. 20 participants (veterinarians and competent authority representatives) from the main turkey producing regions plus seven observers from the central competent authority attended the event. Turkey outputs from the Centre were presented and case studies from the participants were discussed.
The presentation is available: here in Spanish and here in English.