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Published 07/04/2009News
Published 07/04/2009
EU EGG LABELLING LAW UNDER THREAT
The EU Commission may propose scrapping legislation requiring eggs to be labelled according to farming method.
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Published 30/03/2009
Supermarket sticks to welfare despite credit crunch
Compassion in World Farming is pleased to see another retailer sticking to high standards of animal welfare despite the credit crunch.
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Published 29/03/2009
EU Parliament votes "No!" to cloned animals for food
An overwhelming majority of Members of the European Parliament voted against the authorisation of food products from cloned animals and their offspring.
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Published 27/03/2009
Compassion advert prompts re-think by Pig Farmers
Recent adverts run by Compassion in World Farming have prompted an encouraging response from the British pig industry. The farming magazine, 'Pig World' has launched a campaign to discourage the use of teeth clipping amongst British farmers.
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Published 26/03/2009
EU supports universal declaration of animal welfare
The Ministers of Agriculture from the European Union's 27 countries have given their support to a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW).
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Published 23/03/2009
Call on PM to tackle threat of antibiotics resistance
Compassion and the Soil Association have written to Gordon Brown, urging him to recognise the importance of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the problem of antimicrobial resistance being transferred from farm animals to humans.
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Published 20/03/2009
Sick as a pig
A new documentary, commissioned by the Soil Association, in conjunction with Compassion in World Farming, has been released to expose the rise of a new strain of MRSA in pigs and its link to the overuse of antibiotics on intensive farms.
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Published 11/03/2009
EU Commissioner urged to stop the 'Forbidden Journeys'
Compassion in World Farming presented over 5,000 signatures to EU Commissioner for Health, Androulla Vassiliou, to stop live transport of unfit animals.
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Published 27/02/2009
And the winner is...
A label that clearly states the reality of standard intensive chicken production has been selected as the winner of the Chicken Out! design competition.
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Published 11/02/2009
British pork adverts banned
A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of 'very high welfare' following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming.
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