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Mondelēz International, the owner of Cadbury, Oreo and other major snack brands, has revised its animal testing policy to cover all product and ingredient testing in the UK, following a sustained campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The changes, announced this week, remove previous exemptions that allowed testing on animals 'not required by law' for nutritional science research. The revision comes after PETA exposed experiments in which mice were force-fed human...

The UK govt has initiated a consultation aimed at phasing out the use of caged systems for laying hens, a move that could reshape animal welfare standards.

Sweden has officially transitioned to a cage-free system for hens, marking a historic victory for animal welfare group, Project 1882.

Shinkei Systems, a US-based seafood robotics company, has successfully raised $22 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Founders Fund and Interlagos.

Sundaily, China's second-largest egg producer, has commenced construction on the nation’s largest single-site cage-free egg farm.

Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to introduce free range cream across its own label range.

Arla will trial automated 3D imagery systems on several of its UK farms, as the company aims to speed up the identification of animal welfare issues.