Eating Consciously: Brochure Offers Tips for Goose Season

In Austria, there are over 40,000 dining establishments to choose from, with 6,000 of them in Vienna alone - but which places truly focus on animal welfare and sustainability in their purchasing and menu design?

The guide from the Vienna Animal Welfare Ombudsman shows how guests can focus on animal and environmental protection when choosing restaurants and dishes.

Brochure "Keep an Eye Out When Visiting Restaurants!" provides recommendations

Especially in November, many places offer menus with goose meat. The conditions under which the geese, that end up on the plates, are kept are often not transparent and vary greatly. While elsewhere the geese never see the sun and never have grass under their feet, geese in Austria - as well as organic geese regardless of their origin - have access to outdoor areas.

"Especially now, around St. Martin's Day and in the pre-Christmas season, people particularly enjoy visiting restaurants. However, since animal ingredients in private gastronomy do not have to be labeled by origin and husbandry, guests often do not know what is really being served to them," explains Vienna's Animal Welfare Ombudswoman Eva Persy. The personal criteria that consumers consider when purchasing food, such as animal welfare, origin, seasonality, or organic, often have to be disregarded when dining out.

"For the majority of people in our country - as surveys repeatedly show - the protection of farm animals, which should be kept under appropriate living conditions, is very important. They also want to make an informed decision when choosing a restaurant. Furthermore, restaurateurs should be supported in their efforts for more animal welfare," explains Persy. "Especially in the goose season, I therefore appeal to all Viennese to consciously choose an organic goose or a vegan alternative. This way, we can collectively make a statement for animal welfare and sustainability - even at traditional festive meals."

17 Gastronomy Seals Under the Microscope

The guide "Keep an Eye Out When Visiting Restaurants!" provides practical tips on 32 pages on how consumers can focus on animal welfare and sustainability when dining out. The included gastronomy seal overview describes and evaluates 17 signs and programs from gastronomy and communal catering.

The brochure is available online on the website of the Vienna Animal Welfare Ombudsman and also as a printed edition at the city information in the town hall and the main library in Vienna.

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