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Farmed Animals
Animal Welfare Groups Ask USDA to Ban Slaughter of Downer Pigs
Farmed AnimalsAWI, along with several other animal advocacy groups, filed a rulemaking petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and the Federal...
AWI Pushes for Strong Fire Safety Standards
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently took comments on their proposed new edition of Standards on Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities. Unfortunately, this latest version does...
USDA Fails to Verify Food Label Claims
Press ReleaseMay 14, 2014Farmed AnimalsA new report reveals the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is failing to verify the accuracy of label claims on meat and poultry products sold in the United States. Released by the...
AWI Finds USDA to Be Unreliable Arbiter of Animal Product Label Claims
Farmed AnimalsThe use of animal welfare and sustainability claims has increased dramatically over the past decade, as consumers have become more aware of and concerned about the well-being of animals raised...
Canada also to Ease Plight of Pigs on Factory Farms
Farmed AnimalsThe Canadian National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), a collaboration between the agriculture industry, animal welfare groups, government, and other interested parties, recently released its Code of Practice for the Care...
Industry Takes Tentative Steps to Improve Pig Welfare
Farmed AnimalsTyson and Smithfield announced changes to their respective animal care programs for pigs and the operations they are raised within. Both companies are asking/instructing producers to improve their production practices...
AWI Criticizes Chicken Industry’s Revised Animal Care Standards
Press ReleaseFebruary 12, 2014Farmed AnimalsOn February 12, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) sent a letter to Mike Brown, president of the National Chicken Council (NCC), condemning the trade association’s new guidelines for the humane treatment of the 9...
Groups Seek Regulations for Humane Handling of Birds at Slaughter
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2013Farmed AnimalsToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, working with the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, petitioned the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...
International Farm Animal Welfare Standards: Will ISO Go High or Low?
Farmed AnimalsThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has elected to take on the task of establishing an international technical specification for the raising of animals for food. The concept originated with...
Marginal or Radical—What’s the Best Way to End Farm Animal Cruelty?
Farmed AnimalsAll over the world, conditions for the overwhelming majority of farm animals are getting worse. Intensive and industrial pig, poultry, and beef/dairy cattle production factories are getting larger, and their...