CAST sponsored a three-day symposium in Washington, D.C. in June in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Thirty-two presenters, speaking individually or as panelists, addressed the topic 'Sustaining Animal Agriculture: Balancing Bioethical, Economic, and Social Issues'.

Critical issues addressed during the symposium included:

• bioethical and animal welfare issues
• analysis of certification and regulatory programmes
• integration of competing concepts surrounding the ethical use of food animals
• long-term survival and food security
• societal and global impacts, and
• consequences of decisions by consumer and government decision makers.

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