Campaigners are calling for clarity following a recent debate among EU MEPs over amendments to the bloc’s animal transport policies. These policies determine how the meat industry can move livestock, dead or alive, throughout Europe and to foreign trading partners. Proposed changes to transport times and conditions, like temperatures and space allowances, were addressed but opinions about animal welfare issues are proving to be polarized. MEPs tried to reach a consensus on legislative proposals put forward in a draft report published by the Agricultural and Transport Committees at the European Commission (EC). The report seeks to achieve welfare improvements without causing significant economic damage to food companies, which will be required to make logistical changes throughout their supply chains.