Certified
organic animal welfare standards address a wide range of topics, including feed rations, appropriate housing, pasture conditions, sanitation practices for animals, conditions which allow for freedom of movement and reduction of stress, prevention of disease, and administration of approved medications under organic standards.
Not exact matches
«We welcome the critical support of our friends in the
animal welfare community in standing up against the Administration's attack on this important
organic standard,» said Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the
Organic Trade Association.
Choosing
organic means you are opting for products that have been produced to a high
animal welfare and environmental
standard.
In 2015, the OTA decided that
animal welfare standards needed to become part of the
organic standard.
«Consumers believe that certified
organic livestock are raised according to high
standards of
animal welfare, including outdoor access.
«At Stonyfield, we know our farmers are working hard everyday to comply with the
organic standard and maintain high
standards for
animal welfare.
In December 2017, the USDA announced it would decouple
animal welfare standards from federal regulations around
organic certification.
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There are plenty of reasons to choose
organic, it's better for the environment, the
animals are reared using higher
animal welfare standards and of course
organic produce has lower pesticide residues and is GM free.
This year Australian
Organic will continue to provide people with support and information to help them understand that
organic products are better for our health and wellbeing,
organic farming is so much better for the environment,
organic standards demand high levels of
animal welfare, synthetic fertilisers and chemicals are harmful and buying GM free is important.
«The
Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule would provide groundbreaking protections for millions of
animals on
organic farms, bringing USDA
organic standards more in line with consumers» expectations of
animal welfare practices under that label,» said Matt Bershadker, President and CEO of the ASPCA.
No attempt was made to establish a «ceiling», allowing EU
organic certifying bodies to develop their own
standards which specified, for example, levels of
animal welfare considerably more advanced than those specified by the Regulation.
Karr and Goldstein said the
organic industry pushed for more definitive
animal welfare standards that might have cleared up confusion on terms like pasture - raised, which even under the current
organic rules aren't well - defined.
While these
standards make
welfare better than conventional farming, «
organic» does not guarentee that the meat was produced on a small farm, where
animals roamed freely, or that the
animals were treated humanely.
«We are standing up on behalf of the entire
organic sector to protect
organic integrity, advance
animal welfare, and demand the government keep up with the industry and the consumer in setting
organic standards,» said Laura Batcha, Executive Director and CEO of the
Organic Trade Association.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced plans to withdraw a regulation that would have set
animal welfare standards in
organic agriculture.