Articles Tagged with ''animal welfare''

USDA issues proposed rule to amend organic livestock and poultry practices, including living conditions.

The company says it will consistently increase its percentage of cage-free eggs each year with the goal of reaching 100 percent by the end of 2025.

The Kellogg Company announced this week it will build on its commitment to animal welfare by sourcing only cage-free eggs for its foods and eliminating gestation stalls from its pork supply chain by the end of 2025 for its U.S. operations.

Tyson Foods and McDonald’s have cut ties with a poultry farm that supplied chicken for its McNuggets after a Los-Angeles-based animal rights activist group published a video documenting cruelty and abusive practices on the farm.

 The statute would criminalize undercover surveillance and investigations that document animal welfare, worker safety and food safety violations at agricultural production facilities. 

The US Supreme Court has thrown out a challenge to the 2004 California law that prohibits the sale of foie gras, according to the Associated Press.

President Barack Obama says fighting the bacteria will require a strategic, coordinated and sustained effort.

Nestle USA committed itself to improving the welfare of animals in its supply chain following an agreement with NGO World Animal Protection, the company said Thursday.