All Animal welfare articles
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NewsSeafood companies not showing working on welfare and sustainability policies
It comes as the global investor network FAIRR Initiative, which represents $95tn in assets, launched the Coller FAIRR Seafood Index to benchmark the social, health and environmental consequences of the operations of 20 businesses
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NewsAnimal welfare groups urge government to launch pig gassing consultation
RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming have said the move could improve the welfare of millions of pigs and end a 20-year-old ’welfare crisis’
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Category ReportRetailers uphold ESG values, even in tough climate
The major supermarkets have successfully established the quality of their own lines
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NewsChris Packham calls for Co-op CEO to ban ‘Frankenchickens’
Packham has called on the supermarket to stop sourcing ultra-fast-growing chicken breeds known as ‘Frankenchickens’
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NewsMultimillion-pound Scottish salmon facility opened by Princess Anne
The state-of-the-art development, unveiled at Bakkafrost’s Applecross site, has become the UK’s largest recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) and will be central to the company’s aim of becoming the most sustainable Scottish salmon producer
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NewsPrincess Anne urged to cancel trip to Bakkafrost salmon farm in Scotland
With the trip set to take place on 13 May, the Green Britain Foundation said the royal family should not be used to ‘give respectability to the worst mortality site in British farming’
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NewsFarmed salmon labelling battle heads to Upper Tribunal
Animal rights group Animal Equality is appealing the department’s decision to allow the Scottish salmon farming industry to drop ‘farmed’ from its Protected Geographical Indication
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NewsFarmed salmon survival rates reach record high, says Salmon Scotland
The industry body said new data showed survival rate for farm-raised salmon reached 99.1% in March, the best performance since reporting began in 2018
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NewsMowi slams 'misleading' footage filmed by activists at Scottish fish farm
The Norwegian salmon giant said it was ‘disgusted’ by NGO Abolish Salmon Farming, which allegedly filmed blind and diseased fish at Mowi’s Ardessie-based broodstock plant on 26 April
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NewsCompanies not following through on welfare commitments, report warns
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare assessed the policies of 149 leading global food businesses to reveal only 17 (18%) had delivered on their cage-free egg promises despite 96 setting cage-free targets
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NewsStudy alleging millions of chickens missing condemned by egg and poultry sectors
In its Counting Chickens – An Analysis of UK Poultry Numbers report, the charity alleged that inaccurate data was being used to inform policies on land, manure and pollution management in England
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: animal welfare, salt reduction and HFSS ads
While recent campaigning by Viva calling for an end to cages and male chick culling is to be expected, their position oversimplifies a complex issue
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News2 Sisters to inject £50m into British farming after strong 2025
The poultry sector giant has redeveloped its chicken feed to replace 23% of imported soyameal with British-grown oilseed rape and beans – purchasing 150k tonnes annually from British farmers
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NewsMPs call for mandatory animal welfare labelling in open letter
The letter, led by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke and signed by 22 MPs, also calls for the strengthening of enforcement against misleading claims in food marketing
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NewsMost farmed prawns mislabelled on origin, study finds
Research by non-profit World Forest ID found just 16% of farmed prawns at western supermarkets were from the country labelled on packs
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NewsVeganuary founder kicks off star-studded anti-factory farming campaign
Fronted by celebrities including Diane Morgan, Jen Brister, Shabaz Ali, Dr Amir Khan and Mathew Pritchard, the campaign with the tagline ‘I don’t buy it’ has rolled out across more than 200 London Underground stations and 2,200 Tube carriages
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News‘Serious concerns’ raised about factory farming as ammonia hotspots revealed
Compassion in World Farming and Sustain’s Ammonia Map revealed that the areas of the country experiencing the highest emissions of the nitrogen-based gas corresponded to those with the greatest concentration of large-scale intensive farms
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Comment & OpinionOpposition to animal welfare reforms reveals farming’s true colours
The farming sector’s resistance to even modest welfare improvements exposes how it really views animals, says Juliet Gellatley, founder and director of Viva
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InterviewsHow to keep recipe box customers: lessons from Mindful Chef’s CEO
The Covid-era ‘hyper-growth’ for recipe boxes is over. But Mindful Chef CEO Fabien Desiage believes there’s plenty of room for his health-driven brand
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Analysis & FeaturesHow big is the future for regenerative farming?
It has no agreed definition, yet brands and retailers are getting on board. Can the regenerative movement outpace organic?