All Animal welfare articles – Page 21
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NewsBadger cull? Shoppers think low milk prices matter more
Think the badger cull is the biggest PR challenge facing the dairy industry this year? Think again…
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose's Mark Price: Help bees by banning neonicotinoids
Why have we just asked our growers to end the use of three formulations of neonicotinoids?…
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Comment & Opinion
Against the badger cull: opposing could boost organics
According to the Soil Association, organic product sales fell 1.5% in the UK in 2012 after a 3.7% fall in 2011…
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Comment & Opinion
Pro the badger cull: NFU on why we have to act
The latest TB incidence figures make for sobering reading…
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NewsRetailers across Europe join animal welfare awards
UK supermarkets will face competition from European retailers in a leading animal welfare award, it was announced on Tuesday…
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NewsMeridian launches 'primate-friendly' peanut butters
Peanut butter producer Meridian has dropped palm oil from its products to create ‘primate-friendly’ nut butters…
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NewsNocton 'mega-dairy' team ups sticks to Hungary
The team behind the ill-fated Nocton mega-dairy has invested in a dairying operation in Hungary….
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NewsRSPCA campaign leads Tesco to stock Freedom Foods-approved duck
Following an RSPCA campaign on duck welfare, Tesco has decided to stock Freedom Food-approved duck…
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NewsGovernment rejects calls for Freedom Food standards in hospitals
The government has rejected demands for mandatory RSPCA welfare standards for the NHS, after MPs called for all hospital food to meet Freedom Food standards as a minimum.
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Comment & Opinion
A balanced portrayal of fishing is needed says Seafish chief
Stark headlines in the media over the past year have presented us with a bleak outlook on the future of fish stocks….
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Comment & Opinion
Bovine TB: grocery must back government over badger cull
The recent decision to postpone plans for a pilot cull of badgers was very difficult but also pragmatic and responsible….
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NewsMorrisons to pull MSC logo from own-label mackerel
Morrisons is to remove the MSC logo from cans of its own-label mackerel in the face of continuing uncertainty over the suspended status…
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NewsMSC urged to change policy on Iceland and Faroes fish
As the EC prepares to get tough with Iceland and the Faroes over their continued plundering of the North East Atlantic mackerel…
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Comment & Opinion
We need more of a buzz about bee crisis
Since we rely on bees to pollinate 90% of our food crops, you’d think we’d treat them with the utmost respect…
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NewsFree-range milk manifesto takes shape
The first bottles of milk to carry a “free-range” logo in the UK could be on shelves by the end of next year…
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers need champions
In my time as retail controller of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) I was a member of…
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NewsMiers backs plan to feed pigs food waste
Former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers has teamed up with food waste expert Tristram Stuart…
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NewsDairy campaign gives 'wrong idea'
The dairy industry has reacted with scepticism to a new welfare campaign fronted by Joanna Lumley…
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NewsDelamere rebuts allegations of cruelty from Daily Mail 'exposé'
Delamere Dairy has spoken out in defence of one of its goats milk suppliers, which was branded cruel in a Daily Mail exposé last week.