All Animal welfare articles – Page 2

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    RSPCA reports positive reaction to Better Chicken campaign

    2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The RSPCA's Better Chicken campaign has been backed by over 19,000 people, with respondents demanding their supermarket agree to only sell higher welfare chicken. According to the RSPCA, around 90% of the 1.1 billion chickens slaughtered for meat in the UK are fast-growing breeds.The RSPCA’s campaign aims to help retailers ...

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    Government conference to address food data transparency

    2023-06-20T00:00:00Z

    The Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum is holding a conference on Tuesday 5th September addressing its next steps for data and transparency in the food system. This conference will examine strategies for implementing a more transparent food system following the Government food strategy published last year, which announced the launch ...

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    Government to chair meeting on next steps for animal welfare

    2023-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Following the publication of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway last year, Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum are holding a conference on Thursday 6th July focusing on next steps for animal health and welfare.Government said that the event will be an opportunity to assess the new standards as part of ...

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    Vorenta Group MBO completed

    2023-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Vorenta Group, provider of veterinary, compliance and owner of Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Ltd (MLCSL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) led by the company’s senior management team. The acquisition was completed after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) raised concerns over the merger between Vorenta Group and Eville ...

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    First European ChickenTrack report to monitor progress of 'Better Chicken Commitment'

    2023-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Compassion in World Farming has launched its first annual European ChickenTrack Report to measure company progress towards meeting the higher welfare requirements of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). The 2022 Report provides a baseline for tracking year-on-year industry progress.Over 350 companies in Europe and the UK have signed up to ...

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    Welsh to lift avian flu bird housing order from 18th April

    2023-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Chief veterinary officer for Wales, Richard Irvine, has said housing measures for poultry and captive birds are to be lifted on 18th April. However, bird owners should continue to practice rigorous hygiene and biosecurity. While avian influenza risk levels to poultry and captive birds have reduced, the risk of outbreaks ...

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    Sainsbury’s goes trayless on whole chickens

    2023-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has announced that its by Sainsbury’s whole chicken range is now trayless, after the retailer removed single-use plastic trays from its packaging. Using a minimum of 50% less plastic, the change is estimated to save 140 tonnes of plastic annually.Sainsbury's hopes to save over 10 million pieces of plastic ...

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    Pilgrim’s UK, Waitrose and Co-op carry out first human rights impact assessment

    2023-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Pilgrim’s UK, a provider of high welfare pork globally, alongside its retail partners Waitrose and Co-op, has conducted a first-of-its-kind human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of its integrated pork and lamb supply chains. The assessment is the first-of-its-kind for a livestock supply chain due to its scale and wide-ranging criteria. ...

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    Lecture emphasises ‘One Health’ approach to livestock science and food systems

    2023-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Livestock science matters, according to Professor Julie Fitzpatrick who gave the keynote at the recent George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast. Pictured are (l-r): Dr Stanley McDowell, AFBI; Prof Sharon Huws, IGFS; Dr Alistair Carson, DAERA; Professor Julie Fitzpatrick, Moredun Institute; Mr David Brown, Ulster Farmers' Union; ...

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    LMC launches online NIBL FQAS application

    2023-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Prospective Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS) participants can now join the Scheme online.In a bid to simplify the process for those interested in joining the Scheme, the Commission has launched an online application form. To join interested producers should fill in their farm business ...

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    Wales' new chief veterinary officer announced

    2023-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Dr Richard Irvine has been announced as Wales’ new chief veterinary officer.Chief veterinary officer for Wales, Dr Richard Irvine.Dr Irvine is currently the UK deputy chief veterinary officer and policy deputy director for Global Animal Health in Defra. He will join the Welsh Government in March.Irvine is an experienced veterinarian ...

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    MPs call for change to “unfair” bird flu compensation rules

    2022-12-13T00:00:00Z

    MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have called for “fundamentally unfair” rules on farmers’ compensation for bird flu to be changed.In a letter to the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey, MPs have called for a revision of the ...

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    New compulsory biosecurity and measures to protect against AI in Wales

    2022-11-28T00:00:00Z

    New biosecurity and housing requirements will be implemented for poultry and captive birds in Wales as surveillance of avian influenza suggests a heightened risk of disease for Wales over the winter months.Interim chief veterinary officer for Wales, Dr Gavin Watkins, said these steps were being taken now to get ahead ...

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    NSA pressure ensures no cliff edge for EU sheepmeat exports

    2022-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the news that Defra has confirmed a further extension to resolve the problem of the EU Animal Health Regulation requiring vet attestations of livestock health rather than a farmer declaration, as is currently the case.Until recently Defra had proposed that as of next ...

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    UK meat production for export safe for next 12 months as Defra backs down

    2022-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The requirement for veterinary visit attestations for SHAs for export certificates has been pushed back another year to 13th December 2023.The move means that, for the next 12 months at least, UK meat production will remain compliant for export to the EU.Back in October all the leading meat trade bodies ...

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    Damning report on Defra's Weybridge facility

    2022-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health infrastructure report has been released today [16th November] by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts and it hits out at Government as not sufficiently prioritising the “significant threat to UK health, trade, farming and rural communities” posed by animal diseases. Tony Goodger, ...

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    LMC highlights benefits of NIBL FQAS

    2022-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Thirty years ago, the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS) was founded. At its core three key pillars of food safety, animal welfare and care for the environment remain. LMC's Gillian Davis reports on its progress.Today the scheme boasts almost 11,600 participants. LMC owns the ...

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    NSA supports EFRA recommendation on post Brexit trade deals

    2022-06-28T00:00:00Z

    The National Sheep Association (NSA) has confirmed it is adding its support to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s (EFRA) recommendation to Government to formally commit to upholding animal welfare and environmental standards in all post Brexit trade deals.Phil Stocker, chief executive, NSA.NSA chief executive, Phil Stocker said: "As ...

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    NPA outlines priorities ahead of pig crisis summit

    2022-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The National Pig Association (NPA) has said it will seek several commitments from government and the pork supply chain to address the pig crisis at the summit on Thursday (10th February).The NPA, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and pig producers will be joined by representatives from major retailer and pork ...

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    Industry response to FSA Official Controls consultation published

    2021-11-05T00:00:00Z

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a summary of responses to its consultation on early proposals for a future delivery model (FDM) for FSA-delivered Official Controls in the meat sector.Earlier this year FSA gathered the views of stakeholders - including consumers, industry and third party assurance organisations, vets, internal ...