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  • Animal welfare standards continue to improve across foodservice

    Animal welfare standards continue to improve across foodservice

    Foodservice companies collected 13 awards for their approach to farm animal welfare standards as cages for poultry become “consigned to the history books”. In the past 12 months there has been a wave of commitments to source cage-free shell and…

  • Egg commitments are challenging but realistic

    Egg commitments are challenging but realistic

    Foodservice firms that have promised to go cage-free on eggs by 2025 need to start the remaining transition sharpish, says Jemima Jowell. This summer we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in attitudes towards caged eggs with a deluge of commitments by…

  • McDonald’s to be recognised for animal welfare from Compassion in World Farming

    COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING is preparing to welcome McDonald’s UK on stage to receive a Good Sow Commendation at their sixth annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards to be held on 30 October in Paris and hosted by Sheila Dillon,…

  • Red Tractor telling porkies?

    A SERIES OF adverts promoting British pork as “high welfare” have been banned for being misleading.   The adverts, commissioned by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), read: “PORK NOT PORKIES – RED TRACTOR PORK IS HIGH WELFARE PORK”.…

  • Export of live farm animals from the UK – Compassion in World Farming Investigates

    In late 2011 Compassion in World Farming initiated a series of investigations into the export of live farm animals from the UK. And, in early 2012, generous donations from Compassion supporters enabled the team to continue the campaign, trailing a…