Article: Tesco's backing ensures a rosy future for veal farmers

Article: Retailers accused of derailing pig welfare.(news: FRESH FOOD)(Brief article)
Grocer;  January 17, 2009 ;     304 words ......and undermining efforts to improve welfare standards in a scathing new report. While the...producers for implementing higher welfare standards, it claimed some retailers had derailed...importing pigmeat that failed to meet UK welfare standards. It is apparent that a portion of...

Article: New report shows rearing chickens to higher welfare standards benefits producer, retailer and consumer.
M2 Presswire;  September 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......shows rearing chickens to higher welfare standards benefits producer, retailer and consumer...argues that rearing chickens to higher welfare standards can benefit producers, retailers...rearing chickens to the RSPCA's higher welfare standards can benefit the producer primarily...

Article: EU debates welfare labeling.(News)
Feedstuffs;  April 9, 2007 ;     536 words ......identifying which products meet these welfare standards. The solution for a majority of consumers...products showing that they meet EU welfare standards. Those findings prompted the European...producers who commit to the EU's higher welfare standards and for consumers who wish to ...

Article: 'Pork ad should be cut'.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  February 11, 2009 ;     191 words ......maintained British pigs have very high welfare standards were misleading and must not be used...he maintains has generally higher welfare standards that the rest of Europe. Oliver is...clearer labelling of pork to make welfare standards and the country of origin more obvious...

Article: Salmon farms 'leading the way on animal welfare' say consumers
The Scotsman;  April 4, 2007 ;     297 words ......as having some of the best animal welfare standards, according to a survey of UK consumers...pay an extra 10 per cent for higher welfare standards. However, it says consumers know...perceived to have one of the best welfare standards for farmed animals." Nick Joy, the...

Article: New report says shoppers could reduce the suffering of millions of chickens.
M2 Presswire;  September 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......that meat chickens reared to higher welfare standards are significantly healthier than...reared indoors to the RSPCA's higher welfare standards. It found that birds reared to the...chickens raised to the RSPCA's strict welfare standards suffer a significantly lower incidence...

Article: PM to 'insist' on EU meeting food welfare standards ; The uk will "insist" other EU countries meet food welfare standards when they are made compulsory across member states in 2013, Gordon Brown said yesterday.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  January 15, 2009 ;     273 words ......insist" other EU countries meet food welfare standards when they are made compulsory across...imported pork is "produced to animal welfare standards that would be unlawful in this country...production when we introduced new welfare standards, but all EU member states must be...

Article: Letter: MAILBAG - Buy British veal.(Letters)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  July 19, 2008 ;     213 words ......what isn't and the latest news is that British veal is back on the ethical menu. Compassion...being shot soon after birth by buying British veal produced in higher welfare systems...S has just launched a wide range of British veal products as part of their eco-plan...

Article: Fed: Truss warns live exporters to lift animal welfare standards
AAP General News (Australia);  March 2, 2004 ;     166 words ......warns live exporters to lift animal welfare standards Live animal exporters have been warned...licences if they fail to improve welfare standards for their shipments. Agriculture...ll pay the price for poor animal welfare standards. His comments at the Australian Bureau...

Article: HSI at the WTO: Getting Animal Welfare and International Trade to Work Together
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     374 words ......Opportunities facing the WTO: Can Farm Animal Welfare Standards be WTO-compatible?" In her remarks...one mechanism to strengthen animal welfare standards and practices, through policy, rules...products made according to better animal welfare standards and practices is catalyzing ...

Article: ANIMAL TRANSPORT: PARLIAMENT AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE VOTES MAJOR CHANGES TO COMMISSION PROPOSAL.
European Report;  March 17, 2004 ;     492 words ......to the original 1977 Directive on welfare standards during livestock transport (Directive...bring major improvements to animal welfare standards, introducing strict rules for long...of approval to vehicles which meet welfare standards and drivers must undergo training...

Article: Chef wins support for poultry welfare fight ; Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has won influential backing in his bid to persuade Tesco to change its poultry welfare standards.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 20, 2008 ;     385 words ......persuade Tesco to change its poultry welfare standards. The chef, based at Axminster in...fulfils Government aspirations on welfare standards. Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall claims...countries such as Thailand - where welfare standards are much lower. Mr Riddell added...

Article: GBGB aims to ensure welfare standards after consultation launched.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  May 6, 2009 ;     309 words ......ensure all tracks comply with minimum welfare standards were launched by Animal Welfare minister...The GBGB already applies strict welfare standards to the 28 tracks (27 in England...the track meeting defined minimum welfare standards. GBGB will be contributing to the...

Article: Communicating standards.(Swine Industry News)(animal welfare standards )(Brief Article)
Feedstuffs;  May 17, 2004 ;     299 words ......the challenge in developing animal welfare standards is to find the right balance and...standards, all claiming to be animal welfare standards but making quite different requirements...standards, all claiming to be animal welfare standards but making very different requirements...