Another Livestock Care Standards Board
The creation of "Livestock Care Standards Board" were particularly popular in 2009 and 2010 as a way to give agri-business more, if not exclusive control, over how farm animals and horses are treated....
View ArticleFarm Animal Cruelty Laws: A Status Report
Many people think that the law requires humane slaughter of farm animals used for food. And, there is a federal law that requires " cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all...
View ArticleStop Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, PAMTA, H.R. 965, S. 1211, which would withdraw the routine use of seven classes of antibiotics...
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Smithfield has no shame
With an astonishing chutzpah, Smithfield Foods, Inc., the largest producer of pork in the world, launched a campaign recently, basically boasting to its investors in a series of videos and press...
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Statutory Protection for Downed Animals
The Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act, H.R. 3704, would make it a crime for any slaughter facility, packer, dealer, stockyard, market or other establishment regulated by the Federal Meat...
View ArticleTN Ag-Gag Bill on the Move
Tennessess is one of a handful of states where the legislature is considering a bill to shut down undercover investigations of farm animal cruelty. Known as "ag-gag bills", the legislation has been...
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Senate Version of Egg Products Act Amendments Introduced
Update May 25, 2012: Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced the Senate version of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012, S.B. 3239. The Association of California Egg Farmers...
View ArticleFARRM Amendment Threatens State Efforts to Stop Farm Animal Cruelty
U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) offered an amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM), H.R. 6083, that would prevent states from prohibiting the sale and distribution of...
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USDA Allows Slaughterhouse to Re-Open Despite Abuse
Update Aug. 28, 2012: The USDA has allowed Central Valley Meat Co. (CVM) in Hanford, California to re-open just days after an undercover investigation by Compassion Over Killing, a farm animal welfare...
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