date:May 24, 2012
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) said it was concerned and disappointed at the news, and said the US schemes animal welfare standards were far lower than the EU standards.
In a statement, the EU said: Although there are small differences between US and EU organic standards, both parties individually determined that their programmes were equivalent except for the prohibition on the use of antibiotics.
However, CIWF disagreed, and claimed that the US standards in some cases would be consider