Politoblog

Belgium is the largest consumer per capita of lobsters in the world. 4 million lobsters are imported annually to Belgium, and their fate is incredibly disturbing. I recently visited Carrefour Market Etterbeek and was horrified to see that live lobsters imported from Canada were crammed into a barren tank with their claws bound. I wrote to the manager of this store, and received no reply. I have since been made aware of further atrocities, notably in Delhaize, which in January of last year faced backlash for boxing live lobsters in Styrofoam boxes like they were meat. In response to the widespread criticism, Delhaize stated that it had no intention of stopping the sale of live lobsters. Carrefour Market appears to even allow you to order a lobster online and have it delivered to your house. I therefore have decided to take further action and broaden my call to all supermarkets operating in Belgium to stop selling live lobsters. The European Food Safety Authority considers