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...

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...

Transport Stress in Pigs Investigated
US - Temperatures over 17°C and pot-bellied trailers were associated with more stress and longer unloading times in finished...

Call for Safeway to Use Less Cruel Slaughter Method
US - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will call on supermarket chain, Safeway, today to require controlled-atmosphere...

Company Tackled over Chicken Labelling
US - Animal Welfare Institute has called on Perdue to remove what it calls misleading claims of 'Humanely Raised' and 'Raised...

WSPA Launches iPhone App for Better Welfare
US - The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched an iPhone App that it says puts humane food options...

Campaigners to Honour Respect for Chickens Day
US - May is International Respect for Chickens Month and 4 May is International Respect for Chickens Day.

NCC Calls Food, Inc. One-Sided, Negative, Misleading
US - The National Chicken Council (NCC) has responded to the film, Food, Inc., describing it as a one-sided, negative,...

Notice on Humane Handling of Livestock Slaughter
US - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued Notice 19-10: Humane Handling Activities and Documentation...

Mexican Restaurants First with Certified Humane Label
US - Miami-based Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is Florida’s first restaurant to win the Certified Humane Raised and Handled label...

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...

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...

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...

Gas, Electrical Stunning Found to be Equally Humane
US - Fast-food giant, McDonald's, has published the update on its research comparing controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS)...

WSPA Builds Database of Humane Restaurants
US - The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched a database at EatHumane.org featuring more than...

Evidence Shows Abuse Inflicted on Veal Calves
US - The Humane Society of the United States has released results of an undercover investigation documenting animal abuse...

WWFE REPORT: Attention to Detail in Animal Welfare
US - Maintaining good animal welfare regimes on the farm and in the slaughterhouse requires constant vigilance, writes TheMeatSite...

New Humane Training Program for Animal Handlers
US - American Humane® Certified has officially launched its new humane training program that fully answers the food industry’s...

First Humane Livestock Transportation Council Meeting
US - American Humane Certified has convened the first meeting of Humane Livestock Transportation Council.