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Friday, May 18, 2012
AWI Accuses USDA of Conning ConsumersUS - 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...
HSUS Files Complaint Against Tyson; Tyson RespondsUS - The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal complaint with the US Securities Exchange Commission asserting that Tyson Foods, Inc., the world’s second-largest meat producer, is making deceptive...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Denny’s Moves to End Gestation Crate Pig ConfinementUS - Denny’s announced that it will work with its suppliers to eliminate the practice of confining pigs in gestation crates for its bacon, sausage, and other pork products.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Pig Abuse at Tyson Supplier DocumentedUS - The Humane Society of the United States released an undercover video footage revealing cruel treatment of animals and inhumane conditions at a Wyoming pig breeding facility owned by a supplier for...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
NPPC Expresses Concern About Safeway's Decision US - Recently, Safeway announced its plans to have a gestation stall-free supply chain. However, the National Pork Producers Council is concerned that this action will lead to increased production costs...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Safeway: Progress towards Gestation Stall-Free PorkUS - Safeway Inc. has announced that it will begin formulating plans to have a gestation stall-free supply chain.
Eating Meat is Ethical, Says GrandinUS - "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...
Friday, May 04, 2012
Gestation Sow Housing Webinar Series on WelfareThe FASS Scientific Advisory Committee on Animal Care and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) are collaborating on a dynamic webinar series for participants to learn about current and emerging...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Praise for Domino’s Rejection of HSUS ProposalUS - Domino’s Pizza shareholders last Wednesday rejected – by a majority vote of 80 per cent – a resolution from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) requiring its pork suppliers to stop...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Smithfield Debuts Sustainable Food Production Video US - To help commemorate Earth Day, Smithfield Foods, Inc. debuted a new video that talks about what the company, along with others in the pork industry, is doing to help feed the world's growing population...
Burger King Announces Animal Welfare ReformsUS - 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...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
HSUS Addresses Seaboard about Pig ConfinementUS - At the annual shareholder meeting of Seaboard Foods this week, a representative of The Humane Society of the United States challenged the company about the confinement of breeding pigs in its pork...
NPPC Responds to HSUS FTC ComplaintUS - NPPC has learned that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that NPPC is “engaging in deceptive advertising related to...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
FTC Complaint Filed Over Animal Welfare ClaimsUS - The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asserting that the National Pork Producers Council is engaging in deceptive advertising related to...
Livestock Legislation Compromises WelfareUS - Lawmakers and representatives from animal agriculture joined forces to educate nearly 100 people about the deliberate emphasis farmers and ranchers place on caring for the health and well-being of...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Congresswoman Welcomes FDA Move on AntibioticsUS - Following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement that it is taking three steps to protect public health and promote the judicious use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing...
Thursday, April 05, 2012
NAHMS Swine 2012 StudyUS - In July 2012, the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), in collaboration with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will begin the Swine 2012 study.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Pig Behaviour: Cameras Catch What Humans MissUS - Back in 2003, the National Pork Board called for better monitoring of swine behavior as part of their Swine Welfare Assurance Program. It was thought that a good way to assess welfare was to monitor...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Pork Industry Moves to Group Pens at High CostUS - As pork producers build new facilities and retrofit old ones to give hogs more space, they say consumers opposed to keeping sows in gestation crates can expect to pay with higher food prices.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Judge Withdraws Approval for Antibiotics in Feed US - A judge in the US last week issued a landmark ruling that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must act to limit the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
SEC Complaint Over False Animal Welfare ClaimsUS - The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over violations of federal securities law by Merriam, Kansas-based Seaboard Corporation,...
Monday, March 12, 2012
Increased Erysipelas Cases observed in MidwestUS - During the February National Pork Board/AASV Sentinel Veterinary Clinic call, several Midwestern veterinarians reported an increase in clinical observations of Erysipelas in both finished and slaughtered...
Compass Group Announces Animal Welfare InitiativeUS - Compass Group, the world's largest food and support services company, has announced that it will eliminate all pork that comes from animals bred using gestation crates in its US supply chain by 2017....
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Domestic Livestock Production Under ThreatUS - Animal housing, environmental, drug, trading and labour regulations all threaten to move US livestock production offshore, according to a new report.
Monday, February 27, 2012
The "Ag-gag" Law - Is it Right?US - Over the last two years, increasing amounts of undercover footage have become available from livestock units, often showing poor animal handling and welfare, writes Charlotte Johnston, ThePigSite...
Friday, February 24, 2012
Laws Seeking to Ban Farm Investigations OpposedUS - Twenty-seven national groups representing a wide spectrum of public interests have signed on to a statement opposing proposed "ag-gag" legislation that is being considered in states around the country....
Groundbreaking Commitment to Animal WelfareUS - Bon Appétit Management Company, which operates more than 400 cafés for corporations, universities, museums and specialty venues in 31 states, announced the rollout of the food service industry’s...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Pork Checkoff Advances 2012 Pork Industry ResearchUS - The National Pork Board's six producer-led science and technology committees recently met in Dallas, Texas, to make decisions on how to advance pork producers' research priorities.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Pork Commentary: McDonald's Joins Gestation ParadeUS - Last week the world’s largest fast food chain McDonald’s, announced that they wish not to purchase pork from sows raised in gestation stalls at some time in the future, writes Jim Long.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Expose Reveals Cruelty at Pig Breeding FarmIOWA, US - Undercover video footage exposing animal abuse and suffering inside Hawkeye Sow Centers (HSC), a pig breeding farm in Leland, Iowa, was released yesterday by animal protection organization,...
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