USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced changes to improve humane handling inspections at facilities that produce veal meat.

Poultry processor Perdue Foods says it is taking steps to renew a focus on animal welfare, announcing the Perdue Commitments to Animal Care.

Celebrating its 125th anniversary, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Corporation launched its 10th annual corporate responsibility report.

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.