Last week, the Humane Society of the United States held an unusual press conference. The group announced an agreement with its long-time adversary, the United Egg Producers, to jointly seek
Non-ambulatory disabled veal calves and other animals that cannot walk on their own on to the kill floor should be “humanely euthanized,” two animal welfare groups say.
A comment period
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting comments on two petitions for rulemaking submitted to the agency by animal rights groups aimed
Video from the Humane Society of the United States, released last month, showed live chickens trampling dead chickens in crowded cages over manure pits, and eggs covered with blood and
To underscore two hot-button issues — animal cruelty and food safety — and to offer some evidence on why caged laying hens are more likely to be susceptible to Salmonella, the Humane
Just months after an undercover video revealed egregious abuse of veal calves in Vermont, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to crack down on abusive treatment at slaughterhouses.
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Bushway Packing Inc., a veal operation that was forced to close last October after a Humane Society video showed veal calves being treated in a manner that Secretary of Agriculture
Last year, Ohio voters voted by a nearly 2-to-1 margin to amend its state constitution and create a Livestock Care Standards Board, made up of veterinarians and agriculture experts, to
Two years ago, undercover video shot for the Humane Society of the United States led to the shutdown of a Chino, CA slaughterhouse that was the second largest supplier to
November 3rd voters in Ohio will decide whether to amend the state constitution to set up a an Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board to set state policy on livestock handling,
One of the nastiest chapters in unsafe food is still unfinished business due to an ongoing federal lawsuit that is focused on fraud in the school lunch program.
The lawsuit