Questions and Answers: Animal Transport in the EU
By European Commission - This article provides a question and answer session on the Euopean Unions' regulations regards animal transport.

The New EU Welfare Proposals
By John Gadd, England, National Hog Farmer - By the year 2013, all member states of the European Union (EU) must comply with draconian new animal welfare regulations. Some EU countries such as Sweden and the United Kingdom are already well down the proposed...

Improved handling systems for pigs at slaughter
By the MLC - A project to improve and devise new systems of pig handling prior to stunning without force, so as to minimise stress and to evaluate the improvements in welfare, ease of loading and the economic benefit was funded by MAFF and industrial...

The market for welfare-friendly bacon and eggs
By Dr John Strak - Animal welfare regulations are back in the news this month with the champion of animal welfare and Junior Minister at DEFRA, Elliot Morley, announcing that he will hold a public consultation on banning battery cages for chickens in...

FMI-NCCR Animal Welfare Program Report - June 2002
By Food Marketing Institute - This report gives an overview of the results of almost two years of effort by the retail community working with an advisory panel of scientific experts in animal welfare to improve the care and handling of animals used for...

Animal Welfare: Here for the Long Haul
By Marlys Miller, Pork Magazine - In keeping with our review of trends, developments and challenges facing U.S. pork production, we must revisit the animal welfare issue.

Pork Science Fact Sheets - Swine Health and Animal Care
By the NPB - The following page lists several Fact Sheets on Swine Health and Animal Care produced for pork producers by the National Pork Board, and as published on their PorkScience.org website.

Increased Welfare Leads to Increased Productivity
By Penny Lawlis, Swine Advisory Team, OMAFRA - According to Dr. Paul Hemsworth, a leading researcher from the Victoria Institute of Animal Science in Australia, the most limiting factor in animal productivity and welfare is the human factor. However,...

Transporting Livestock into the US from Canada
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs - Border checks have been stepped up at the US - Canada borders which may lead to delays. This can cause health problems for animal in transportation. This information sheet provides livestock exporters...

'Objectively' measuring animal welfare
By The Netherlands' national research council - Analysing the well-being of farm animals such as pigs is no longer merely a matter of opinion. Researchers at the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (IMAG), one of the research institutes...

EU regulations for the welfare of intensively reared pigs
This article summarises a communication from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the welfare of intensively kept pigs in particularly taking into account the welfare of sows reared in varying degrees of confinement and...

US Packing Plant Practices - The Washington Post investigates
Based on a seven-month investigation, a two-part series written by the Washington Post reveals major flaws in the U.S. government's meat safety net. A joint effort with Dateline NBC examines the spread of deadly E. coli bacteria. The Post reveals how...

EU proposes welfare improvements for pigs
The European Commission has adopted a report on intensive pig farming and a proposal amending EU legislation on the protection of pigs to improve welfare conditions. The proposal prohibits the confinement of pigs during most of their pregnancy to individual...

Environmental Enrichment for Confinement pigs
By Temple Grandin, Grandin Livestock Systems - Producers have been giving pigs toys for many years to prevent boredom, reduce vices such as tail biting, and help prevent aggression when pigs are mixed. Providing pigs with additional stimulation will make...