Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 | Flavio Facioni Cabinet member | Animal welfare during transport | — |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Flavio Facioni Cabinet member | Animal welfare during transport | SRC |
| 01 Mar 2023 | Joanna Stawowy Cabinet member | Upcoming revision of the EU legislation on animal welfare on the whole, and questions of animal transport, mutilation prevention, and welfare labelling in particular | — |
| 01 Mar 2023 | Suvi Leinonen Cabinet member | Meat industry, animal welfare | — |
| 01 Mar 2023 | Suvi Leinonen Cabinet member | Meat industry, animal welfare | SRC |
| 01 Mar 2023 | Joanna Stawowy Cabinet member | Upcoming revision of the EU legislation on animal welfare on the whole, and questions of animal transport, mutilation prevention, and welfare labelling in particular | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Snellmanin Lihanjalostus Oy is the original company founded in 1951. Snellmanin Lihanjalostus Oy is the biggest family owned company among Finnish companies producing meat products and cold cuts. Today the turnover is about 320 M€ with about 1000 employees. Abattoir output: 350000 pigs and 40000 beef/cattle per year. The company produces meat, meat products and cold cutsin modern facilities of 80 000 m2. Finnish pork and beef are free from serious animal diseases and Snellmanin Lihanjalostus provides high quality products originating from two own Finnish breeds. More keys to our high quality are: • Managing acquisitions, our own quality program with contract farmers. • No GMO feeding. • Highly developed genetics controlled by Snellman. • Complete traceability. • Education arrangements for personnel. • New, modern and clean production facilities.
EU Legislative Interests
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Farm to Fork, the revision of the EU’s Animal Welfare legislation, Sustainable food systems. Eläinten hyvinvointilainsäädäntö Alkuperämerkinnät, Elintarvikelainsäädäntö Teollisuuspäästödirektiivi Yhteinen maatalouspolitiikka
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Finnish Food and Drink Industries' Federation
Organisation Members
Chambers of Commerce, Finland NOFI Norsk-Finska Handelsföreningen r.f. Finsk-svenska handelskammaren
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