European Commission and Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety 7 April 2016, REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the impact of genetic selection on the welfare of chickens kept for meat production

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 7.4.2016 COM(2016) 182 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the impact of genetic selection on the welfare of chickens kept for meat production REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TO THE COUNCIL on the impact of genetic selection on the welfare of chickens kept for meat production 1. BACKGROUND 2.