Tyson's Waterloo Plant Temporarily Stops Production
IOWA, US - Concerns over livestock herding have resulted in slaughtering operation disruptions at a Waterloo meat-packing...

Study: Agri-Food Industry’s View on Animal Cloning
IRELAND - The sale of food from cloned animals and their offspring is legal in the USA. The US Food and Drug Administration...

Safeguarding The Beef Industry
US - A July 2010 consumer tracking study, funded by the beef checkoff, found that the percentage of consumers who are familiar...

Keeping Cattle Calm Increases Carcase Value
US - In most situations, things go better when everyone remains calm. That's true for cattle, too, including those about...

Supermarket Chain Cuts out Castration
BELGIUM - The country's largest supermarket chain has announced that it will stop selling pork from castrated pigs by the...

HSA Teams up with MVP Training on Duck Welfare
UK - The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) teamed up with MVP Training recently to provide a welfare training course to...

Sustainable Beef Production
GLOBAL - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and global leaders from the beef industry today announced their intent to bring together...

Stunning Chickens for Slaughter is Legal
SAUDI ARABIA - The future growth of the halal food industry, estimated to be worth $500-billion, rests primarily on one simple...

Coles Urged to Avoid Double Standards on Pork
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has for some time recognised the community and consumer concerns around the use...

Valley Ford Cheese Company Now Certified Humane
US - Valley Ford Cheese Company of Valley Ford, California has been awarded the Certified Humane label for its cheese.

2011 Good Husbandry Grants Available
US - Animal Welfare Approved is to offer a third year of Good Husbandry Grants. AWA is seeking proposals for projects to...

European Parliament Pushes for Cloning Ban
EU - Eurogroup for Animals welcomes today’s overwhelming vote in favour of a ban for cloning animals for food production...

Proposed Pork Labelling Scheme is Misleading
NEW ZEALAND - The Royal New Zealand SPCA is concerned that the proposed new pork industry labelling system runs the risk...

The Dangers of a Mercosur Deal
IRELAND - Following a meeting with the European Commission’s Chef de Cabinet, Irish Farmers' Association President John Bryan...

EU Sets Out New Food Labelling Rules
EU - Food labels should feature mandatory nutritional information and guideline daily amounts, according to draft EU legislation...

WPX: FMD Outbreak Resources Tested
US - How the US might be able to cope with an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was tested at the start of the World Pork...

New Slaughter Code Problematic For Rural Butchers
NEW ZEALAND - The Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2010, issued by the Minister of Agriculture, encourages...

Call for End to Pig Castration in EU
EU - Welfare campaigners, Eurogroup for Animals, has called on the European Commission, producers and food chain operators...

Welfare-Focused Pig Campaign Gets Support
SCOTLAND, UK - Three Scottish pig farmers were treated to some VIP treatment when Miss Scotland, Katharine Brown, took them...

EU Opens Discussion of Animal Welfare in Latin America
GLOBAL - The European Commission is encouraging low-cost practices and educational strategies to promote animal welfare in...