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New Poll: Consumers Overwhelmingly Support Meaningful Standards for “Humanely Raised” Food Label

Eighty-eight percent of American consumers believe that claims such as “humanely raised” or “sustainably farmed” on meat and poultry products should be based on meaningful, measurable standards, according to a newly...

USDA’s Revised Food Label Guidelines Insufficient to Protect Consumers, Animals

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is extremely disappointed by the revised meat and poultry guidelines released yesterday by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Although the USDA...

USDA Poised to Change Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards to Improve Animal Welfare

Yesterday, the US Department of Agriculture announced plans to publish the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards final rule. The new rule will at long last establish federal animal welfare standards and have...

USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Substantiation of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat and Poultry Product Labels

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that it will soon take steps to improve its label approval program for meat and poultry products...