The government is to launch a public consultation on whether to ban the use of all cages for egg-laying hens. EU welfare standards for laying hens, due to come into force this week, will ban ...

In recognition of the immense suffering experienced by egg-laying hens confined to battery cages, 10 states in the last 15 years have enacted laws prohibiting the use of these ultra-confining ...

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The second round of trade talks between the United States and United Kingdom has ended with food standards, including safety, still high on the agenda. Negotiations on a free trade ...

Eggs — a tasty breakfast or, for the past year, a financial headache. A highly pathogenic avian flu that killed 58 million birds bears much of the blame for record-high prices. High feed costs and ...

New research published today in the journal Scientific Reports based on the largest-to-date analysis of commercial data on egg-laying hen mortality finds that mortality in higher-welfare cage-free ...

The Animal Welfare League has called on the government to promote cage-free poultry farming instead of battery-cage systems, arguing that Ghana's traditional nkokɔ nkitinkiti method offers a more ...