All Animal welfare articles – Page 24
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NewsNocton 'mega-dairy' team ups sticks to Hungary
The team behind the ill-fated Nocton mega-dairy has invested in a dairying operation in Hungary….
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NewsRSPCA campaign leads Tesco to stock Freedom Foods-approved duck
Following an RSPCA campaign on duck welfare, Tesco has decided to stock Freedom Food-approved duck…
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NewsGovernment rejects calls for Freedom Food standards in hospitals
The government has rejected demands for mandatory RSPCA welfare standards for the NHS, after MPs called for all hospital food to meet Freedom Food standards as a minimum.
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Comment & Opinion
A balanced portrayal of fishing is needed says Seafish chief
Stark headlines in the media over the past year have presented us with a bleak outlook on the future of fish stocks….
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Comment & Opinion
Bovine TB: grocery must back government over badger cull
The recent decision to postpone plans for a pilot cull of badgers was very difficult but also pragmatic and responsible….
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NewsMorrisons to pull MSC logo from own-label mackerel
Morrisons is to remove the MSC logo from cans of its own-label mackerel in the face of continuing uncertainty over the suspended status…
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NewsMSC urged to change policy on Iceland and Faroes fish
As the EC prepares to get tough with Iceland and the Faroes over their continued plundering of the North East Atlantic mackerel…
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Comment & Opinion
We need more of a buzz about bee crisis
Since we rely on bees to pollinate 90% of our food crops, you’d think we’d treat them with the utmost respect…
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NewsFree-range milk manifesto takes shape
The first bottles of milk to carry a “free-range” logo in the UK could be on shelves by the end of next year…
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers need champions
In my time as retail controller of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) I was a member of…
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NewsMiers backs plan to feed pigs food waste
Former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers has teamed up with food waste expert Tristram Stuart…
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NewsDairy campaign gives 'wrong idea'
The dairy industry has reacted with scepticism to a new welfare campaign fronted by Joanna Lumley…
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NewsDelamere rebuts allegations of cruelty from Daily Mail 'exposé'
Delamere Dairy has spoken out in defence of one of its goats milk suppliers, which was branded cruel in a Daily Mail exposé last week.
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NewsHeston ad highlights Waitrose pig welfare claims
Waitrose will throw down the gauntlet to rivals over animal welfare in a new TV advert starring Heston Blumenthal.
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NewsLumley fronts dairy cow welfare push
Joanna Lumley is fronting a new campaign to improve the welfare of European dairy cows.
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NewsJimmy's high-welfare kiev wins over Tesco
Jimmy Doherty’s mission to get Tesco to switch to higher-welfare sourcing on key poultry and meat lines has had its first commercial success - Tesco’s new free-range chicken kiev is among the top 25% selling breaded poultry products in stores where it’s sold,
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NewsFarm Animal Week push for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s is teaming up with the RSPCA for Farm Animal Week this year, launching a fundraising drive on Freedom Foods products.
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NewsMakro resists calls to stop selling live lobster
Makro has rejected calls from animal welfare campaigners to stop selling live lobsters and crabs…
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NewsCalf Forum: 100,000 dairy calves are shot
Some 100,000 dairy calves were killed last year because they were the wrong sex, new figures have suggested.