Tag: Compassion in World Farming

Compassion in World Farming welcomes first fish certification welfare standards but says “more must be done”

Stuart Mitchell

The introduction of basic welfare standards for farmed fish by two international certification schemes has been welcomed as “an important step forward” by Compassion in World Farming. One of the world’s leading seafood certification schemes – The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) – has announced new welfare standards, including humane slaughter standards for fish, which results in a ban on the use of ice slurry – a cruel slaughter method that leaves fish fighting for their lives as ice gets lodged in their gills. This follows an announcement by the certification…

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Compassion In World Farming Announces 2022 Sustainable Food And Farming Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is inviting entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards established to recognise producers and businesses that are taking steps to produce higher welfare meat, dairy and eggs in ways that protect, improve, and restore wildlife and the environment. Compassion is seeking projects that involve livestock production and that demonstrate a positive impact on two or more of the following: pollinators, wildlife, wildlife habitats, soil, conservation, forests, climate change, water quality, water conservation, reducing use of artificial fertilisers and chemical pesticides, reducing reliance on imported animal…

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Leading food companies call on the EU to phase out the use of cages in animal farming

Stuart Mitchell

Leading food companies across the EU sent a joint letter to the EU Commission and Members of the EU Parliament, calling for a phase out in the use of cages in animal farming, starting with enriched cages for laying hens. ALDI Nord, Barilla Group, Fattoria Roberti (egg producer), Ferrero, Inter IKEA Group, Jamie Oliver Group, Le Groupement Les Mousquetaires (French retailer), Mondelēz International, Nestlé, and Unilever co-signed the letter which emphasises that the business case for phasing out enriched cages for laying hens is strong, particularly at EU level. It notes…

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Compassion in World Farming Welcomes Entries for its 2021 Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards programme run by Compassion in World Farming has been streamlined this year to allow businesses hit by COVID-19 to progress towards the delivery of their existing animal welfare commitments.  Instead, the focus will be on the following award categories for which Compassion is now inviting entries. These are: Marketing & Innovation Awards for the Food Service & Manufacturing sectors – these awards recognise companies from these two sectors that provide the best example of work to measurably improve farm animal welfare (innovation), and…

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Report Highlights Global Progress in Company Sourcing of Cage-Free Eggs Despite Impact of Pandemic on Food Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, companies and producers continue to make progress on their commitments to source only eggs from hens that are cage-free by 2026 or sooner, according to Compassion in World Farming’s annual EggTrack report. According to the 2020 report – the first to expand beyond the US and Europe to include global company commitments – 134 of 210 (63%) companies tracked made progress towards meeting their cage-free commitments. Of the 210 companies, 80 operate globally, 57 operate only in North America or the United States,…

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