EU Gives Home Slaughtering Green Light
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic claims to have won an important victory for the home slaughtering of pigs for the manufacture...

Pigs Relax to Music Before Slaughter
CHINA - A pig deserves at least 12 hours of solitude, walking, patting, and music if possible before it is slaughtered, a...

EU Council Agrees in Principle on Better Welfare Labels
EU - At its meeting yesterday (22 February), the Agriculture and Fisheries Council agreed that consumers need more information...

Saskatchewan's Heated Truck Cuts Chicken Losses
CANADA - Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have developed a way to reduce mortalities from cold in chickens during...

Newspaper Investigates Welfare of Imported Meat
UK - One quarter of the meat sold in the UK is imported from countries with lower standards of animal welfare, according...

NFUS Pleased with Results of FSA COOL Survey
SCOTLAND, UK - NFU Scotland has welcomed the results of a Food Standards Agency (FSA) nation-wide consumer survey, which...

Instructions On Humane Slaughtering
US - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued two Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange (HIKE) scenarios...

Farmland Foods First to Receive USDA Designation
US - Farmland Foods said yesterday that it became the first US pork producer to receive USDA's "Never Ever 3" (NE3) designation...

Free Range Pork Demand Prompts WA Piggery Deal
AUSTRALIA - The Craig Mostyn Group has purchased the West Australian Great Southern Pig Company from the Paspaley Group.

Instructions On Humane Handling And 28-Hour Law
US - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued FSIS Notice 06-10: Humane Handling at All Entrances and the...

Albert Heijn to Take Only Welfare Friendly Pigs
NETHERLANDS - Dutch supermarket group Albert Heijn is to source all its pig meat from sustainable and welfare friendly sources...

Wiesenhof Presses Charges over Alleged Cruelty
GERMANY - Poultry company, Wiesenhof (part of PHW Group), is pressing criminal charges against the former operating company...

Council Discusses Animal Welfare Labelling Scheme
EU - At the 2986th Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries earlier this week, progress was discussed in the development...

HSA Opens Welfare Award Nominations
UK - The Humane Slaughter Assocation (HSA) is calling for nominations for its award relating to significant advances in humane...

Minister Defends Pork Brand Promotion
FINLAND - Minister of Agriculture Sirkka-Liisa Anttila says the recent controversy over shoddy conditions at some pig farms...

University of Oxford Offers Masters-Level Course in Welfare
UK - Oxford University's Animal Welfare Masters-level programme has been designed for the meat and livestock supply chain....

FSIS Updates Humane Handling Directive
US - The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its directive on humane handling of livestock and poultry...

Confusion Likely to Continue for Pork Products
NEW ZEALAND - Consumer New Zealand says new labelling for fresh pork products is unlikely to prevent confusion among cus...

Animal Welfare Schedule Gets Favourable Response
CANADA - Maple Leaf Foods reports producers who supply hogs to its Brandon pork processing plant have responded favorably...

Bristol Academic to Lead Welfare Advisory Board
UK - Dr Mohan Raj of the University of Bristol has been appointed to lead Animal Welfare Approved's Scientific and Technical...