#Act4 FarmAnimals Commissioner Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission answers to an oral written question by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP inquiring on the actions the EU Commission will undertake to promote immunocastration or the farming of entire pigs as valid alternatives to surgical castration in China. EC to further develop cooperation with China on animal welfare and surgical castration of piglets 18 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The global coffee chain created three dishes made with Beyond’s beef alternative and two made with a pork alternative from Hong Kong-based Omnipork as part of a far-reaching goal to become “resource positive.” Starbucks to debut Beyond Meat products in China as part of coffee chain’s sustainability push 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, KFC officially launched new plant-based chicken nuggets in select cities across China. KFC launches plant-based chicken nuggets in China 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The demand for meat is growing globally, and China is the world’s largest future market for protein. Cultivated meat, a possible solution to satisfy China’s meat demand 17 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Even as a pandemic threatens food supply chains, most firms, including China’s top pig and poultry producer, have shed no light on how they are managing risks and opportunities linked to farm animal welfare. Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals 16 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A recent report from Frontiers explores the acceptance of clean meat and plant-based meat alternatives in the USA, China and India. Report examines perception of clean and plant-based meat in the USA, China and India 15 April 2020
#Act4 Pets China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society called a potential “game changer” in animal welfare. China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock, in post-virus regulatory push 14 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Draft policy released by agriculture ministry cites concern over animal welfare and prevention of disease transmission as factors behind move. China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans 10 April 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals A Chinese ban on the sale of wild animals has frozen the export of monkeys used for research. This measure aims to prevent future outbreaks, but some researchers are seeing it as a new obstacle in the fight against the pandemic. Chinese wildlife ban freezes export of test monkeys when demand was increasing due to COVID-19-related research 9 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Thousands of people have started to flood back into Chinese wet markets, with bats, rabbits and dogs still on offer despite the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus: Chinese wet markets still operational, despite COVID-19 30 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife China’s National Health Commission published a list of recommended treatments, including injections that contain bear bile powder. China promotes bear bile as coronavirus treatment, alarming wildlife advocates 27 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The pigs were sent to china to repopulate the Chinese herd decimated by African swine fever. France: 2,000 pigs fly to China 16 March 2020