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.