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New Internationalist: Time to crack our drug habit

18/09/2015

New Internationalist: Time to crack our drug habit

Antibiotics in farming pose serious health problems that need to be addressed, argues Emma Rose. Most people are now aware of the problem of antibiotic resistance, thanks to the increasingly vocal proclamations from numerous experts.

Agra EU: Commission defends progress on EU slaughter standards

16/09/2015

Agra EU: Commission defends progress on EU slaughter standards

EU rules on animal welfare in slaughterhouses came under scrutiny from the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee on Monday with ritual ‘non-stun’ slaughter chief among the concerns raised by MEPs.

FOX News: Report card grades meat supply at 25 fast-food restaurants

16/09/2015

FOX News: Report card grades meat supply at 25 fast-food restaurants

A new report is sounding the alarm about the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry supply chains of the 25 largest U.S. fast food and “fast casual” restaurants.

Reuters: U.S. fast-food meat still mostly raised on antibiotics

15/09/2015

Reuters: U.S. fast-food meat still mostly raised on antibiotics

Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice.

Poultry Site: McDonald’s to Transition to Cage-Free Eggs

14/09/2015

Poultry Site: McDonald’s to Transition to Cage-Free Eggs

US – McDonald’s has responded to customer concerns over animal welfare with an announcement yesterday that it will transition to only using cage-free eggs in the US and Canada over the next ten years.

10/09/2015

Guardian: McDonald’s says it will switch to cage-free eggs in the US and Canada

McDonald’s says it will switch to cage-free eggs in the US and Canada over the next decade, marking the latest push under CEO Steve Easterbrook to try and reinvent the Big Mac maker as a “modern, progressive burger company”.

10/09/2015

Dodo.com: People Are Worried About Animals. And McDonald's Knows It.

Cruel battery cages lost a huge seal of approval today, as global fast-food company McDonald's makes the decision to go cage-free.

Poultry Site: EU Debates Farm Animal Cloning Ban

08/09/2015

Poultry Site: EU Debates Farm Animal Cloning Ban

EU - Amendments to a European Commission proposal to ban the cloning of farm animals in the EU are the subject of an MEP debate and vote on Tuesday 8 September.