date:Apr 23, 2014
In June 2013, the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee released its draft revised Pig Code of Practice.
During its 60 day public comment period the proposed updated code, which recommended changes in several key areas including housing for gestating sows, pain relief during painful procedures and space allowances, attracted over 47 hundred comments from pork industry stakeholders, animal welfare activists and the public from Canada, the United States and around the