Tag: Certified Humane
(HERNDON, VA, USA) January 7, 2015 – Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), the leading international non-profit certification organization improving the lives of millions of farm animals in food production, announced today that Lancaster Fine Foods in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, achieved Certified Humane® certification for a brand produced in their facility: Sir Kensington’s Mayonnaise. According to Lancaster …
Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably by Marc Gunther, December 28, 2015, The Guardian Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by hens confined …
By Lisa M. Keefe on 12/28/2015 on meatingplace.com The Tasty Burger chain, with five locations in the Boston area, is at the center of a holiday tiff over humane handling between People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), which audits operations and allows qualified companies to use the …
Jayson Lusk, food and agricultural economist, recently reported on the December 2015 edition of the Food Demand Survey (FooDS), which tracks consumer preferences and sentiments on the safety, quality, and price of food at home and away from home with particular focus on meat demand. One of the questions added this month dealt with “consumer perceptions …
Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey has become a moral and emotional brain puzzle. Consumers are left deciphering the disparate claims stamped on packages at the grocery store, wondering which version of “free” meat is the best option: cage-free, free-range, antibiotic-free. And what about natural? Is that different from organic? Just how humane is humanely …
Tag: Certified Humane
Sir Kensington’s condiments become Certified Humane®
Posted: January 7, 2016 by HFAC
(HERNDON, VA, USA) January 7, 2015 – Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), the leading international non-profit certification organization improving the lives of millions of farm animals in food production, announced today that Lancaster Fine Foods in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, achieved Certified Humane® certification for a brand produced in their facility: Sir Kensington’s Mayonnaise. According to Lancaster …
Category: press Tags: Certified Humane, Sir Kensington's Mayonnaise
Why the egg industry is scrambling to set hens free
Posted: December 29, 2015 by HFAC
Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably by Marc Gunther, December 28, 2015, The Guardian Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by hens confined …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane, eggs, laying hens
PETA, Certified Humane spar over Tasty Burger marketing
Posted: December 29, 2015 by HFAC
By Lisa M. Keefe on 12/28/2015 on meatingplace.com The Tasty Burger chain, with five locations in the Boston area, is at the center of a holiday tiff over humane handling between People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), which audits operations and allows qualified companies to use the …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane
Certified Humane ranks #1 in Food Demand Survey
Posted: December 16, 2015 by HFAC
Jayson Lusk, food and agricultural economist, recently reported on the December 2015 edition of the Food Demand Survey (FooDS), which tracks consumer preferences and sentiments on the safety, quality, and price of food at home and away from home with particular focus on meat demand. One of the questions added this month dealt with “consumer perceptions …
Category: Blog Tags: Certified Humane, Foods Demand Survey, Jayson Lusk
All natural? How Thanksgiving shoppers can decipher turkey labels
Posted: November 18, 2015 by HFAC
Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey has become a moral and emotional brain puzzle. Consumers are left deciphering the disparate claims stamped on packages at the grocery store, wondering which version of “free” meat is the best option: cage-free, free-range, antibiotic-free. And what about natural? Is that different from organic? Just how humane is humanely …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane, labels, Thanksgiving, turkey