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Higher welfare systems needed to end routine use of antibiotics in animal production
In 2019, 1.27 million deaths were directly attributed to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which also contributed to 4.95 million more fatalities, according to a global analysis from medical journal The Lancet. The accelerating AMR crisis, according to a report commissioned by the UK government, could see the number of deaths due to antibiotic resistant infections increase…
Germany plans mandatory animal welfare label: ‘Improving animal welfare cannot be achieved with zero costs’
Announcing the move in the Bundestag, new Federal Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir said that the labelling system should cover the breeding, rearing, transportation and slaughter of livestock.Özdemir, a Green member of the recently elected coalition government, said that the label needed to be introduced alongside support for a new system of production that replaces the…
New animal welfare milk labeling introduced by German retailers
ALDI recently announced that, by 2030 at the latest, ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD will only offer milk from the more animal welfare-friendly husbandry levels 3 and 4 of the Haltungsform scheme.The move follows that of EDEKA, which includes the Netto supermarket chain, which announced a similar move a week ago. REWE made an announcement…
Higher US welfare benefits seem to protect children’s brains
The size of a child’s hippocampus can be limited by stress, and US state welfare schemes that give families $500 a month or more are linked to a reduction in this association Humans 20 December 2021 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Illustration of the hippocampus in a child’s brainScience Photo Library / Alamy Higher payments from…