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USDA Sets Tougher Animal-Welfare Standards for Organic Farming in Recently Published Final Rule

Posted on January 25, 2017
  • As consumers increasingly demand ethically-minded foods such as “Cage Free” and “Pasture Raised”, animal welfare has become a hot-button issue in the food industry.  Coupled with a heightened focus from

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USDA Unveils New Program to Assess Animal Welfare Standards

Posted on January 6, 2017
  • As consumers increasingly demand ethically-minded foods such as “Cage Free” and “Pasture Raised”, animal welfare has become a hot-button issue in the food industry.
  • To assist industry with verifying animal

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MA Could Become First State to Regulate Containment Conditions for Food Animals

Posted on November 7, 2016

Massachusetts will vote on a ballot initiative that would ban certain means of confining farm animals in the state.

  • Consumers are increasingly demanding ethically-minded foods such as “Cage Free” and

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