The Soil Association (SA)--the UK's leading organic farming organisation--will be pushing the ne for higher animal welfare standards for organic certification in the just discovered Year.

The Soil Association (SA)--the UK's leading organic farming organisation--will be pushing the ne for higher animal welfare standards for organic certification in the just discovered Year, thus widening the gap between what the UK allows and standards in the standard of Europe (reports World Organics News)

From January 1 it will require its licensees to begin to use day-old chicks from organic collection s unlike countries such as Germany and Denmark who argue that the EU derogation to use day-old chicks from conventional collection s in organic holdings should continue past