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The Disclosure Podcast

Has Switzerland tricked the vegan community? The truth about the new Swiss animal welfare labelling laws.

The Disclosure Podcast

Ed Winters

Ethics, Politics, Whole Foods, Society & Culture, Education, Animals, Morality, Veganism, Philosophy, Vegan, Plant Based Diet

5.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Switzerland has just introduced new animal welfare labelling laws that will force companies to write on packaging if certain farming practices have been inflicted on animals. However, while this has been met with huge amounts of praise online, including from vegans, is there more to this story that we might be missing? In today's episode, I discuss my thoughts around the new labelling laws, highlighting what is positive about them, while also explaining why I think we should be more cautious ...

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0:00.0

So a new law has just come into effect in Switzerland, which changes how certain animal products must be labeled.

0:06.5

And importantly, it states that certain animal products that come from animals that have gone through certain procedures,

0:13.0

those procedures must be listed on the animal products in question.

0:17.5

The point of this new law is to increase transparency for consumers and to highlight

0:22.2

which animal products contain some of the worst forms of animal cruelty found in animal farming.

0:27.8

A lot of vegan organizations and vegans online have been very supportive of this new labeling

0:33.4

law and championing it as something that's progressive and ultimately very positive.

0:38.5

However, is there another side to this that needs to be explored as well?

0:42.2

And perhaps should we be more cautious as a community around the support that we are giving

0:47.6

this new law?

0:48.9

This is the Disclosure Podcast.

0:51.0

This is the Disclosure Podcast.

1:24.6

If you enjoy this episode and the work that I'm doing here, then please consider checking

1:29.3

out my substack where I post regular articles.

1:32.3

You can also support my work by becoming a paid member of my substack, through which you will

1:37.3

also gain access to weekly articles or by making a donation through my website.

1:41.3

Links for everything can be found in this episode's show notes.

1:45.4

For those of you who do support my work, thank you so much. I am incredibly grateful and

1:50.2

appreciate it very much. Leaving a review for this podcast is also really helpful and encourages

1:55.8

more people to listen to it. I hope you find this episode interesting and informative,

2:00.1

and thank you for listening.

2:03.9

So let's talk about these new labeling laws that have been introduced in Switzerland.

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