…The veteran USDA inspector’s statement was filed in federal court on Friday, April 10, in support of a December lawsuit brought by Animal Outlook and six other animal and environmental…
Emergency Legal Petition Filed with USDA to End Cruel Farm “Depopulation” Methods
…Department of Agriculture (USDA). The petition seeks to prevent COVID-19 relief funds, resources and any other forms of support from facilitating or compensating for the costs of ventilation shutdown or…
USDA: Fine Superior Farms for Botched Animal Handling at Slaughterhouse
…moved to pen a letter to the USDA requesting that the agency fine Superior Farms for violating the 2019 consent decree. We strongly urge the USDA to do its part…
COK and Others Sue USDA for Allowing Sale of Diseased Poultry Product
…Agriculture (USDA) for allowing the sale of a diseased poultry product commonly known as foie gras. Foie gras, which means “fatty liver,” is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese multiple…
Animal Protection Coalition Urges USDA to Protect Consumers
…percentage of conscious consumers who are willing to pay extra for products they believe are raised more humanely. “The USDA’s approach blatantly violates its statutory duty to protect consumers,” says…
COK Urges USDA to Say No to Less Pig Industry Regulation
On Monday, Compassion Over Killing submitted a legal comment urging USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service not to adopt their proposed rule eliminating federal regulations requiring pig carcasses to be…
Video Prompts USDA to Shut Down Calf Slaughter Plant
…Jersey slaughter plant that upon reviewing the evidence, the USDA suspended operations. The footage documents egregious abuses including calves who are too sick or injured to walk being lifted by…
USDA to Case Farms: Remove False Animal Welfare Claim
…Farms, had to change its claims in a recent animal welfare statement. Why? Because it was touting nonexistent government audits, and the USDA wasn’t going to let that fly. In…
Hormel
…program to hundreds of other USDA-inspected pig slaughter plants nationwide. This program is so dangerous that several USDA whistleblowers have spoken out against it—and a government audit report echoes these concerns….