Harris Teeter to ban gestation stalls
Harris Teeter Supermarkets has announced that it will ask its pork suppliers to phase out gestation-sow stalls. While company officials did not provide a deadline, they did point to Smithfield Foods’ plan to eliminate gestation stalls by 2017.
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PETA and Kansas State Fair head to court
A federal judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that accuses the Kansas State Fair of violating the animal rights group’s free speech rights. At issue is a 13-minute video that PETA wants to display in its booth.
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We’ll all be vegetarians by 2050, scientists say
All of us may be forced to become vegetarians this century, according to scientists at the Stockholm International Water Institute.
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Massachusetts considers gestation-stall ban
Massachusetts lawmakers are revisiting a bill that would target certain farm-animal production practices, including veal crates and gestation-sow stalls. There is a companion bill on the Senate side.
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Nebraska's HSUS battle heats up
Things between the agriculture community in Nebraska and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are heating up. It’s little surprise as Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is not a fan of animal rights group and has taken a firm stand against HSUS.
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Prairie Swine Centre releases annual research report
The Prairie Swine Centre, located near Saskatoon, has just released the 2011 edition of the Annual Research Report which provides insight into a wide range of industry challenges and opportunities.
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Campbell Soup commits to a gestation-stall ban
The Campbell Soup Company, which includes Pepperidge Farms, is now on the list of companies that want their pork suppliers to end the use of gestation-sow stalls. It has set a final deadline of 2022, but hopes to have a gestation-stall-free pork supply by 2017.
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Canadian government seeks livestock antibiotic substitute
The investment will help Saskatoon-based Prairie Plant Systems develop new technologies that have the potential to replace antibiotics in animal feed using health-boosting plant products like mustard seeds. The goal is to develop feed supplements that would stimulate an animal's own immune system.
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ARAMARK sets 2017 deadline for gestation stalls
The Philadelphia-based ARAMARK joins other foodservice companies in the movement to eliminate gestation-sow stalls from its U.S. pork supply channels. The company made the announcement through a news release from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
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Calif. slaughterhouse suspended amid animal-abuse investigation
Federal regulators suspended operations at a central California slaughterhouse on Monday following the release of graphic undercover video from an animal-rights group. The video, filmed by Compassion Over Killing, allegedly showed dairy cows being repeatedly shocked and shot before being slaughtered.
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HSUS wants Tyson Foods to disclose gestation stall plans
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has submitted a shareholder resolution to Tyson Foods requesting that the Springdale, Ark.-based pork producer/packer “disclose to shareholders how it plans to meet the growing demand for pork produced without the use of gestation crates.” HSUS points to “poor earnings” in Tyson’s third-quarter profit report released on Aug. 6, as the reason behind the request.
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