July 1, 2009
PCC joined 354 health, agriculture, environment, animal protection, religious, and other interest groups to sign on in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA, H.R. 1549/S. 619).
Signed onto a letter supporting USDA’s authority to write regulations defining violations of the Packers and Stockyards Administration.
To Kevin R. O’Rell, Chairman, NOSB, USDA; re: pasture access for organic livestock. To support strong addt'l language consistent with current law and regulations requiring livestock be managed promoting their natural instinctive behavior, and in the case of ruminants, requiring pasture as a meaningful part of their feed.
Comments submitted to the National Organic Standards Board Livestock Committee; re: its recommendations to strengthen organic standards for animal welfare.
