May 30, 2025|
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|6 months agoSwitzerland Mandates Pain Declaration for Animal Products
Starting July 2025, Switzerland will require labels on food products to indicate if animals endured painful procedures during production, affecting items like foie gras, meat, and dairy products.
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- Switzerland mandates pain declaration labels on animal products starting July 2025
- The law affects products from animals that underwent painful procedures without anesthesia
- The mandate includes a two-year transitional period
By The Numbers
July 1, 2025
Implementation date
2 years
Transitional period
They Said
"Meat, eggs and milk are affected by the declaration obligation if they come from animals that have undergone certain painful procedures without anaesthesia"