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California's Proposition 12 and federal efforts to counter it have sparked strong emotions on both sides of the issue.
The 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), calling upon the agency ...
The findings are a boon for Republicans who want to use the farm bill to block states from creating their own agriculture standards.
Kathy Guillermo, PETA's Senior Vice President, criticized OHSU's handling of the situation. "The horrific death of this ...
On animal welfare, Tom Vilsack is falling woefully short ... The USDA has oversight concerning other animal welfare issues via the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and the Horse Protection Act, ...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is preparing to sue the US Department of Agriculture and the Animal Health Inspection Service to obtain records of Animal Welfare Act enforcement ...
Tensions between Petaluma Poultry and protesters have run high for years, and the group Direct Action Everywhere has signaled ...
The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent a letter last month to organizations regulated under the Animal Welfare Act announcing a pilot program that will ...
The repeated pattern of animal abuse across multiple Fairlife suppliers points to system-wide problems in Coca-Cola's ...
Marisa Erasmus, associate professor of animal sciences, received a four-year, $793,000 grant to devise methods for improving laying-hen welfare against a parasite called the northern fowl mite.
A report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, accused Linvilla Orchards, a 300-acre family farm located in Media, Pennsylvania, of committing several violations of the Animal Welfare Act.