Action Alert: Object to the USDA’s Phony-Baloney “Animal Welfare” Rule
Instead of enforcing the spirit and letter of the law, subsequent administrations in the White House and at the USDA have spent years delaying, with the excuse that new rulemaking “was needed.” After a decade of foot dragging, a draft rule is available for public comment — and it makes things worse!
April 1, 2023 | Source: OrganicEye | by Mark Kastel
It Will Permanently Institutionalize Factory Conditions for Organic Poultry
Comment by October 11
What part of the current regulations does the USDA not understand?
The producer of an organic livestock operation must establish and maintain year-round livestock living conditions which accommodate the health and natural behavior of animals, including:
Year-round access for all animals to the outdoors, shade, shelter, exercise areas, fresh air…. [emphasis added]
Instead of enforcing the spirit and letter of the law, subsequent administrations in the White House and at the USDA have spent years delaying, with the excuse that new rulemaking “was needed.” After a decade of foot dragging, a draft rule is available for public comment — and it makes things worse!