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RSPCA updates farming certification for clearer labelling claims

RSPCA Australia’s farm animal welfare certification program has been renamed RSPCA Certified. The change aims to help consumers and stakeholders navigate marketing and labelling claims and more easily identify products that meet animal welfare standards developed and implemented by the RSPCA. Read More

Dae HongMarch 4, 2026, 9:02 amMarch 4, 2026

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New MLA taskforce for Australia’s livestock transport

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and red meat supply chain representatives have formed a new Transport Sustainability Taskforce. The taskforce will work to build transparency and identify areas for improvement within the livestock road transport industry. Read More

Dae HongApril 17, 2025, 10:14 amApril 17, 2025

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Boost your sustain-ability: Aussie food and drink consumers tell us how

With headlines on climate change growing more alarming by the day, sustainability has never been more relevant for the FMCG industry.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 23, 2021, 10:44 amAugust 23, 2021

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Dairy enzyme market boosted by demand for specialised products

Continued demand from cheese and yoghurt manufacturers, coupled with a desire to promote digestive health, promises a slew of opportunities in the dairy enzyme market, according to a new study. Global
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Ben CreaghSeptember 27, 2018, 2:22 pmSeptember 27, 2018

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Strong focus on salmon welfare lands Huon Aquaculture with RSPCA approval

Huon Aquaculture is the first seafood producer in Australia to join the RSPCA’s approved farming scheme for its focus on fish welfare. Huon Aquaculture executive director Frances Bender said fish welfare
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Ben CreaghAugust 2, 2018, 12:44 amAugust 2, 2018

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Nestlé joins Global Coalition to advance animal welfare standards

Nestlé and six other food companies have joined forces, through the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare, to advance welfare standards throughout the global food supply chain. The global coalition is an
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Ben CreaghJuly 27, 2018, 12:34 amJuly 27, 2018

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Nestlé to go cage egg free

Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, has announced its commitment to eliminate cages from its egg supply chain worldwide.
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Staff WriterNovember 15, 2017, 10:59 pmNovember 15, 2017

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Taste trumps animal welfare for free range egg consumers

Australian consumers who buy free range eggs are more likely to do so because they believe the eggs taste good than because they are concerned about animal welfare, according to new research. In a paper
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Staff WriterMay 18, 2017, 1:20 amMay 18, 2017

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NZ’s Ewing Poultry eggs get animal welfare approval

Ewing Poultry, a farm south of Nelson, is the latest to become SPCA Blue Tick approved for its free range and barn eggs sold throughout New Zealand.
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Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2017, 12:28 amFebruary 13, 2017

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Australian Beef Sustainability Framework released for comment

The Red Meat Advisory Council has made available the draft Australian Beef Sustainability Framework for industry comment.
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Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2017, 12:09 amJanuary 11, 2017

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New ISO specification for better management of animal welfare worldwide

The specification will help clear up discrepancies in the regulatory framework, especially in developing countries facilitating public-private partnerships for animal welfare policy.
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Staff WriterDecember 1, 2016, 11:48 pmDecember 1, 2016

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Farm animal welfare push for NZ consumers

New Zealand consumers concerned for the welfare of animals involved in food production are encouraged to pledge to ‘go SPCA Blue Tick’ to show their support for animal welfare.
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Staff WriterNovember 20, 2016, 11:46 pmNovember 20, 2016

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Choice launches free range egg app

Consumer group CHOICE has launched an app which provides consumers with an ‘augmented reality’ view of the various living conditions of birds categorised as ‘free range’. The app comes in the wake
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Staff WriterApril 8, 2016, 12:35 amApril 8, 2016

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Sunny Queen Farms commits to lower hen density for free range eggs

Sunny Queen Farms brand has committed to an outdoor hen density of no more than 1500 hens per hectare in their free range egg farms across Australia.
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Staff WriterMarch 24, 2016, 1:08 amMarch 31, 2016

Featured

City fringes locked in battles over broiler farms

As more chicken meat is produced, and in ever more technologically intensive ways, conflicts over farm applications inevitably unlock community disquiet about factory farming.
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Staff WriterMarch 8, 2016, 9:45 amMarch 8, 2016

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Coles, Woolworths rank in middle of pack in global animal welfare report

Australia’s two major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths have appeared for the first time in a global animal welfare report and ranked in the middle of the pack.
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Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2016, 11:20 amJanuary 29, 2016

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Pork CRC set to sow animal welfare advances

Major progress and breakthroughs in pig and pork R&D have been made across all four of the CRC’s programs.
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Staff WriterJuly 15, 2015, 4:43 pmJuly 15, 2015

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Animal surveillance bill defeated in SA parliament

The South Australian parliament has rejected a bid to pass the Surveillance Devices Bill.
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Staff WriterSeptember 25, 2014, 9:37 amSeptember 25, 2014

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Senate condemns farm trespassers

The Senate has passed a motion condemning covert filming on farms by trespassers.
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Staff WriterAugust 29, 2014, 10:11 amAugust 29, 2014

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Nestle announces global animal welfare commitment

Nestle has announced a major pledge to improve the welfare of animals within its supply chain.
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Staff WriterAugust 26, 2014, 10:23 amAugust 26, 2014

animal welfare

RSPCA updates farming certification for clearer labelling claims

New MLA taskforce for Australia’s livestock transport

Boost your sustain-ability: Aussie food and drink consumers tell us how

Dairy enzyme market boosted by demand for specialised products

Strong focus on salmon welfare lands Huon Aquaculture with RSPCA approval

Nestlé joins Global Coalition to advance animal welfare standards

Nestlé to go cage egg free

Taste trumps animal welfare for free range egg consumers

NZ’s Ewing Poultry eggs get animal welfare approval

Australian Beef Sustainability Framework released for comment

New ISO specification for better management of animal welfare worldwide

Farm animal welfare push for NZ consumers

Choice launches free range egg app

Sunny Queen Farms commits to lower hen density for free range eggs

City fringes locked in battles over broiler farms

Coles, Woolworths rank in middle of pack in global animal welfare report

Pork CRC set to sow animal welfare advances

Animal surveillance bill defeated in SA parliament

Senate condemns farm trespassers

Nestle announces global animal welfare commitment

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