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Article: Livestock Experts Challenge Organic Community to Implement Science-based Animal Welfare Standards, Independent Audits.
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- April 19, 2006
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Independent Research Reveals Animal Welfare Among Consumers' Top Organic-Food Concerns, Following Food Safety Issues
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Should science serve as the primary guide when hammering out stricter animal-welfare and other farming standards currently under discussion in the organic dairy industry? "Absolutely; without a doubt," said Dr. Juan Velez, lead veterinarian and vice president, farm operations of Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD), the nation's leading producer-processor of private-label organic milk and butter.
Dr. Velez's stance was echoed by his fellow, scientifically trained presenters who, during a symposium's ...