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Friday, May 18, 2012
AWI Accuses USDA of Conning Consumers US - The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) requested a USDA Inspector General audit of the USDA Process Verified Program, which certifies some products as "humanely raised". According to the institute, the products come from animals suffering on conventional,...
Mandatory Welfare Training for Abattoirs AUSTRALIA - The New South Wales Government has announced a tough new animal welfare package to lift animal welfare standards in all domestic abattoirs.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Layer Welfare Impacts the Spanish Industry, Consumers ANALYSIS - The new EU Directive, which bans the use of non enriched cages for laying hens, is a challenge for the Spanish egg industry. Even Spanish consumers have faced a challenge because of high egg prices. The Spanish Association of Egg Producers...
Shining New Light on Illegal Cage Eggs IRELAND - A new means of detecting battery cage eggs, which became illegal across the EU from 1 January, is currently being used in other countries.
Listening to Chickens Could Improve Poultry Production US - Chickens cannot speak but they can definitely make themselves heard. Most people who have visited a poultry farm will recall chicken vocalisation - the technical term for clucking and squawking - as a memorable part of the experience.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
EU Moves to End Misuse of Religious Exemptions to Stunning EU - At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council this week, the Swedish delegation briefed the Council on the enforcement of the general requirement to stun animals before slaughter.
Cutting Animal Transport Time Just the Start EU - The welfare of animals in transport must be improved, but cutting transport time to eight hours must be supplemented by other measures, such as support for local slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, upgrading transport vehicles and full and...
Friday, May 11, 2012
Kelly Turkeys Awarded for Keen Welfare & Sustainability Policy UK - The health and welfare standards of Kelly Turkeys won an accolade in the 2012 Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards presented at the London Haymarket Hotel.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
McDonald's Europe Sponsors Poultry Workshops BRAZIL - Poultry producers in Brazil are now geared up for GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Standard Version 4, following a series of workshops and field trials held throughout 2010 and 2011.
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Jamie Oliver, Moy Park Deliver Higher Welfare Chicken UK - Jamie Oliver and Moy Park, the UK producer of fresh, locally farmed chicken, have joined forces to develop a range of higher welfare chicken products that will launch under the Jamie Oliver brand from June.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Call to Curb Slaughter Without Prior Stunning UK - The slaughter of animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should at the very least be curbed, if not banned, concludes a former president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in an opinion piece in this week's Veterinary...
Eating Meat is Ethical, Says Grandin US - "Humans and animals evolved together. Our brains are tuned into animals. Research with epilepsy patients who had monitors implanted in their brains, showed that the amygdala responds more to animal pictures, compared to pictures of landmarks or...
Friday, May 04, 2012
Egg Prices Hold Steady after Hen House Fire US - Colorado lost about one-eighth of its egg production in a Weld County fire Monday that claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 hens.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry News ANALYSIS – At a meeting held at the University of Nottingham in the UK last week, Professor Mike Gibney helped sort fact from the fiction in terms of the growing problem of human obesity, writes Jackie Linden, and Professor Natalie Warans offered some...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Maintaining Welfare Standards in a Food Hungry World UK - Discussing how we can maintain animal welfare standards whilst producing food for a growing human population was the theme of a paper presented by Professor Natalie Waran, Jeanne Marchig Professor of Animal Welfare, at the British Society of Animal...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
500,000 Chickens Die in Egg Farm Fire US - Roughly half a million chickens perished in a fire at a Weld County egg farm Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Public Warned Against Imported Chicken, Pork PHILIPPINES - The National Meat Inspection Service has warned the public against possible spoilage in some chicken meat and pork brought in from abroad.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Is Modernising Inspection a Risk? ANALYSIS - Last week, the USDA decided to extend the consultation time on the new proposals for poultry meat inspection in processing plants, writes editor-in-chief, Chris Harris.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Experts Challenge Sustainability of Food System CANADA - A report released by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has criticised intensive livestock operations for their use of antibiotics, effect on the environment and rural communities, poor welfare and cost to the taxpayer.
Global Petition to Improve Treatment of Farm Animals GLOBAL - Yesterday, at the United Nations, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) handed nearly 110,000 signatures on its global petition to improve the treatment of farm animals, to the Executive Coordinators of the United Nations Conference...
Burger King Announces Animal Welfare Reforms US - Burger King Corp. announced that it will eliminate the practices of confining breeding pigs in gestation crates and egg-laying hens in battery cages from its US supply chain, a move supported by The Humane Society of the United States.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Support for Manitoba's Premises Identification Program CANADA - The Agri-Food Traceability Coordinator with MAFRI says livestock producers have been highly supportive of the province's Premises Identification Program, according to Bruce Cochrane.
No Choice at Free Range Egg Talks AUSTRALIA - Consumer group Choice has been excluded from participating in egg industry talks over what can be labelled as free-range.
Schothorst Feed Research Expands Poultry Research Possibilities NETHERLANDS - Schothorst Feed Research has small-scale and large-scale research facilities for poultry. With the purchase of 144 new ground-floor pens and 96 new balance cages, the possibilities for poultry research are further expanded.
Cobb Global Animal Welfare Appointment GLOBAL - Dr Kate Barger has been appointed director of world animal welfare for Cobb.
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