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COVID-19 Policy Recommendations
Pandemics have not only been predicted, they are also preventable. While the country continues to fight COVID-19, we must also prepare for — with the intention to prevent — the next pandemic. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is developing a series of papers, each outlining policy strategies calibrated to reduce specific zoonotic risks. -
Urging the FDA to Require Labels for Animal-Derived Products
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, as part of a coalition representing a wide range of interests, submitted a petition for rulemaking urging the FDA to require products that contain animal-derived ingredients to be labeled with a disclaimer stating as such, identifying the species in the statement. -
Emergency Petition to Food & Drug Administration to Suspend Ractopamine Use
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an emergency petition with the Food and Drug Administration to suspend the agency’s approval of ractopamine — a drug used to rapidly grow muscle in cows and pigs, which can harm the animals and the environment. -
Complaint Demands USDA Provide Oversight of Animal Exhibitors on Social Media Operating Without Licenses
The complaint asks the agency to enforce the Animal Welfare Act to protect animals exploited on social media platformsFebruary 2, 2022 Press Release -
Demanding USDA Revoke Animal Welfare Act License from Texas Exhibitor Jason Clay (2022)
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint requesting the USDA investigate and enforce the AWA against licensee Jason Clay who is doing business in Texas as two entities, Franklin Drive Thru Safari and East Texas Zoo & Gator Park. -
Complaint Demands USDA Revoke Animal Welfare Act License from Texas Exhibitor Jason Clay
Clay has a demonstrated history of noncompliance with the law at his facilities, Franklin Drive Thru Safari and East Texas Zoo and Gator ParkJanuary 25, 2022 Press Release -
Coalition Demands the Oregon Department of Agriculture Hold Mega-Dairies to Stricter Standards Concerning Pollution to Water Resources
The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined the other member organizations of Stand Up to Factory Farms in providing comments to the Oregon Department of Agriculture regarding their Confined Animal Feeding Operation National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit. -
Urging the EPA to Regulate Factory Farms’ Air Pollution
The Animal Legal Defense Fund and coalition partners have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind a 16-year-old agreement not to enforce clean air regulations and public disclosure requirements related to air emissions for thousands of factory farms. -
Urging the California Air Resources Board to Stop Factory Farms from Profiting from Pollution
On October 27, 2021, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and coalition partners took action by submitting a petition for rulemaking to the California Air Resources Board, the agency within California’s Environmental Protection Agency charged with improving air quality. -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges FDA for Clear Regulatory Guidance on Labeling of Cell-Cultured Fish and Shellfish Products
This week the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advocating for accurate, consistent, and flexible labeling of cell-cultured fish and shellfish products — meat or flesh grown from the cells of fresh or saltwater finfish, crustaceans, and other forms of aquatic animal life.March 11, 2021 Press Release
