Editing Veal (section)

===Europe===
In 1990, the British government banned transporting calves in close-confinement crates.<ref name="Bentham">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/sep/05/foodanddrink.allegramcevedy|title=Veal, without the cruelty|author=Bentham J.|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=April 15, 2016|date=September 5, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Atkins">{{cite news|title=For the love of veal|author=Atkins, L.|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 28, 2000}}</ref> Veal crates were banned across the [[European Union]] (EU) in January 2007.<ref name="CIWF">{{cite web|author=Compassion In World Farming|title=About calves reared for veal|url=http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm-animals/cows/veal-calves/|access-date=April 15, 2016|publisher=Compassion In World Farming}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/factory_farming/colorado_bans_veal_crates.aspx |title=CIWF on Veal Crates (''UK ban on bottom of page'') |publisher=CIWF.org.uk |date=2008-05-19 |access-date=2013-08-12}}</ref><ref name="Veal: A Byproduct of the Cruel Dairy Industry">{{cite web|url=http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/animals-used-food-factsheets/veal-byproduct-cruel-dairy-industry/|title=Veal: A Byproduct of the Cruel Dairy Industry|website=peta.org|date=December 16, 2003 |access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>

Veal calf production, as such, is not allowed in many northern European countries, such as in Finland. In Finland, giving feed, drink or other nutrition which is known to be dangerous to an animal which is being cared for is prohibited, as well as failing to give nutrients the lack of which is known to cause the animal to fall ill. The Finnish Animal Welfare Act of 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1996/en19960247.pdf|title=Finnish Animal Welfare Act of 1996|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819081722/http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1996/en19960247.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Finnish Animal Welfare Decree of 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1996/en19960396.pdf|title=The Finnish Animal Welfare Decree of 1996|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=October 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011211819/http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1996/en19960396.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> provided general guidelines for the housing and care of animals, and effectively banned veal crates in Finland. Veal crates are not specifically banned in Switzerland, but most calves are raised outdoors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Natura Veal|url=http://www.mutterkuh.ch/en/natura-veal/|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027210500/http://www.mutterkuh.ch/en/natura-veal/|archive-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=swiss meat – animal protection|url=http://www.schweizerfleisch.ch/en/swiss-meat/agriculture-and-animals/animal-protection/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131020154124/http://www.schweizerfleisch.ch/en/swiss-meat/agriculture-and-animals/animal-protection/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2013|access-date=20 October 2013}}</ref>