The EFSA Journal (2007) 613, 1-20 © European Food Safety Authority, 2007 Food safety aspects of different pig housing and husbandry systems 1 Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards (Question No EFSA-Q-2007-197) Adopted on 6 December 2007 relating to Opinions of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare: The risks associated with tail biting in pigs and possible means to reduce the need for tail docking considering the different housing and husbandry systems EFSA-Q-2006-013 Adopted 6 December 2007 † Animal health and welfare aspects on different housing and husbandry systems for adult breeding boars, pregnant, farrowing sows and unweaned piglets EFSA-Q-2006-028 Adopted 10 October 2007 2 Animal health and welfare in fattening pigs in relation to housing and husbandry EFSA-Q-2006-029 Adopted 6 September 2007 3 PANEL MEMBERS BIOHAZ Panel: Olivier Andreoletti, Herbert Budka, Sava Buncic, Pierre Colin, John D Collins, Aline De Koeijer, John Griffin, Arie Havelaar, James Hope, Günter Klein, Hilde Kruse, Simone Magnino, Antonio, Martínez López, James McLauchlin, Christophe Nguyen-The, Karsten Noeckler, Birgit Noerrung, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Terence Roberts, Ivar Vågsholm, Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The European Food Safety Authority wishes to thank Sava Buncic for the preparation of this opinion. 1 For citation purposes: Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards on a request from the European Commission on food safety aspects of different pig housing and husbandry systems. The EFSA Journal (2007) 613, 1-20 † www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/Scientific_Opinion/ahaw_op_ej611_pigwelfare_tailbiting_en.pdf 2 www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/Scientific_Opinion/ahaw_op_ej572_pig_welfare_sowsboars_en.pdf 3 www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/Scientific_Opinion/ahaw_op_ej564_pig_welfare_fattening_en.pdf