Sentences with phrase «on battery cages»

However, in December 2011, because no European agreement had been reached on enforcing the ban on battery cages, the British government announced that it had instead been working closely with the domestic egg industry, processors, food manufacturers, the food service sector and retailers to reach «a voluntary consensus» not to sell or use battery - farmed eggs and help British consumers to avoid buying them unwittingly.

«It is unacceptable that after the ban on battery cages comes into effect, around 50 million hens across Europe will still remain in poor conditions.

We believe all poultry producers» voices should be heard in the debate on battery cages, just as many would remember from the free - range labelling debate in 2015 to 2016.

Not exact matches

The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed into battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet of paper on which to spend her entire life.

Animals Australia says laws now allow battery hens to be packed into cages where they can not stretch their wings; mother pigs can be caged barely able to move for months on end; and chickens raised for meat have been bred to grow at three times their natural rate, causing health problems.

The HSUS has officially withdrawn a ballot initiative petition on the same subject, which would have also phased out the confinement of egg - laying hens in battery cages.

Battery farms consist of huge, windowless sheds housing thousands of hens who are crammed four or five at a time into small wire cages stacked on top of each other in rows.

«Predicting State - Wide Votes on Ballot Initiatives to Ban Battery Cages and Gestation Crates.»

The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed into battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet of paper on which to spend her entire life.

HSUS undercover investigators have exposed the suffering of hens in battery cages on factory farms run by many of the nation's egg companies, including Cal - Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, Rose Acre and Rembrandt Foods, the second - and third - largest egg producers, Kreider Farms and Costco supplier Hillandale Farms.

From 2005 on, The HSUS has worked to end the confinement of hens in battery cages.

«We are pleased with their support for our battery cage - free egg commitments and look forward to continuing our dialog with the Humane Society on animal welfare issues.»

But instead of reassessing their practices, the industry is vehemently defending the system — a system that confines 12 million egg laying hens in battery cages; forces thousands of mother pigs to give birth and live for weeks on end in crates barely bigger than their bodies; allows piglets to have their teeth cut and tails cut off without pain relief; and subjects «meat» chickens to such rapid growth that their bodies can barely sustain them.

That report lead all 27 countries of the European Union to ban battery cages on animal welfare grounds.

He'd turn his car lights on thebatting cage, burning out one or two batteries a season so the boys could keephitting.

The battery master switch itself, and the front roll cage add - on option to form a full cage for race events, are available to purchase separately from the Porsche Motorsport department.

Renault says that's enough to propel the pint - size two - seater, which employs a carbon - fibre body and Kevlar - protected steel roll cage to reduce the kerb weight to 1400 kg (including 450 kg for the 40kWh battery), to 100kmh in a supercar - like 3.2 seconds, and on to 130mph (210km / h) in less than 10 seconds.

The Club Sport Package comprises a roll cage bolted to the body behind the front seats, a six - point racing harness in red supplied ready to install on the driver's side, a ready - to - install fire extinguisher with mounting bracket and preparation for battery master switch.

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We were joined by experimental composer Atau Tanaka, who gave a performance of Pure Data running on a battery of iPhones, sampling and resampling things and nothings, in hommage to Cage.

The Propella e-bike weighs in at 36 pounds, has a removable 36V 6.6 Ah Li - ion battery pack (which sits on the frame where a water bottle cage normally is) that is claimed to offer a riding range of 15 to 28 miles, driven by a 250W hub motor that delivers a top speed of about 20 mph in either pedal - assist or power - on - demand throttle mode.

Afterwards, we wandered to the pet shop to admire the puppies (the papillon - poodle crosses were my favourite, though one of them looked so sad to be locked in a cage), and finally headed to Toys R Us to see if the crab shells (an imitator of Zhu - Zhu pets, featuring battery - operated crabs instead of guinea pigs, which aimed to entice young afficionadoes to invest in expensive extra shells for their fake pets, but failed) were still on sale.