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factsheet Support USDA’s Proposed Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices On April 13, 2016, the USDA’s National Organic Program proposed a rule to establish practice standards for organic livestock and poultry production—clarifying standards that have been inconsistently applied, bringing organic standards more in line with consumer expectations, and leveling the playing field for organic producers. The proposed rule for organic products would: For all animals: • Require access to soil, direct sunlight, fresh air, and clean water for drinking. • Require that shelters allow enough space for animals to lie down, stand up, turn around, and fully stretch their limbs without touching other animals or the sides of the shelter. Also require group housing for pigs in most instances. • Prohibit certain painful practices, including de-beaking (a painful mutilation performed to minimize feather-pecking, a stress-related behavior observed in severely-crowded chickens) and tail docking (partial amputation often performed without anaesthetic and causing increased fly attacks, with no animal or human health justifications). • Prohibit the transport of sick, injured, weak, disabled, blind, and lame animals, and prohibit certain inhumane methods of euthanasia. For birds: • Set minimum indoor and outdoor space requirements for egg-laying hens, and require that producers provide a sufficient number of exits and outdoor enrichment to encourage birds to go outside on a daily basis. • Clarify that covered porches (small enclosed concrete spaces that don’t allow birds access to soil or direct sunlight, or allow more than a few birds to leave the main facility at a time) and similar structures do not qualify as outdoor space. Phased Implementation: Organic producers would have one year to come into compliance with the new standards, except they would have three to five years (depending on if they’re already certified) to meet the outdoor access requirements for birds. The phase-in periods take into account rates of depreciation of farm facilities, and are meant to reduce the costs of compliance. The proposed rule has been in the works for years: stakeholders have had ample opportunity to weigh in on the standards. To protect the integrity and value of the organic label, organic producers should have a level playing field—not be subject to inconsistent certifying standards. The lack of clear regulatory standards on outdoor access for hens has created wide variation in the outdoor space provided by different producers, a disparity that has had economic implications for producers and threatens consumer confidence in the organic label. Those paying a premium for organic products expect higher welfare standards for the animals. Leaders in the organic industry and key food safety and consumer protection groups support these reforms, including the Organic Trade Association, Organic Valley, Perdue Farms, Consumer Reports, and the Center for Food Safety. Birds should go outside: The majority of organic egg producers already allow their birds to go outside, and 90% of flocks detected with avian flu during the 2014-2015 outbreak were commercial flocks kept almost exclusively indoors. The science shows that lower stocking density and access to fresh air and sunlight could actually work against viral transmission and mutation. For more information, contact Kate Wall at [email protected] or Jen Lonergan at [email protected]. One of the primary purposes of the Organic Foods Production Act is “to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard.” Inconsistent standards undermine the very purpose of the statute. “Persistent consumer confusion about organic labels on eggs and other livestock products jeopardizes consumer trust in the organic label generally and undermines a key purpose for establishing a national organic certification program.” – USDA’s Proposed Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices

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SupportUSDA’sProposedRuleonOrganicLivestockandPoultryPractices

OnApril13,2016,theUSDA’sNationalOrganicProgramproposedaruletoestablishpracticestandardsfororganiclivestockandpoultryproduction—clarifyingstandardsthathavebeeninconsistentlyapplied,bringingorganic

standardsmoreinlinewithconsumerexpectations,andlevelingtheplayingfieldfororganicproducers.Theproposedrulefororganicproductswould:

Forallanimals:• Requireaccesstosoil,directsunlight,freshair,andcleanwaterfordrinking.• Requirethatsheltersallowenoughspaceforanimalsto liedown,standup,turnaround,

andfullystretchtheirlimbswithouttouchingotheranimalsorthesidesoftheshelter.Alsorequiregrouphousingforpigsinmostinstances.

• Prohibitcertainpainfulpractices, includingde-beaking(apainfulmutilationperformedtominimize feather-pecking, a stress-related behavior observed in severely-crowdedchickens) and tail docking (partial amputation often performedwithout anaesthetic andcausingincreasedflyattacks,withnoanimalorhumanhealthjustifications).

• Prohibitthetransportofsick,injured,weak,disabled,blind,andlameanimals,andprohibitcertaininhumanemethodsofeuthanasia.

Forbirds:• Setminimumindoorandoutdoorspacerequirementsforegg-layinghens,andrequirethat

producersprovideasufficientnumberofexitsandoutdoorenrichmenttoencouragebirdstogooutsideonadailybasis.

• Clarifythatcoveredporches(smallenclosedconcretespacesthatdon’tallowbirdsaccesstosoilordirectsunlight,orallowmorethanafewbirdstoleavethemainfacilityatatime)andsimilarstructuresdonotqualifyasoutdoorspace.

PhasedImplementation:Organicproducerswouldhaveoneyeartocomeintocompliancewiththenewstandards,excepttheywouldhavethreetofiveyears(dependingonifthey’realreadycertified) tomeet theoutdooraccess requirements forbirds. Thephase-inperiods take intoaccount rates of depreciation of farm facilities, and are meant to reduce the costs ofcompliance.Theproposedrulehasbeenintheworksforyears:stakeholdershavehadampleopportunitytoweighinonthestandards.

Toprotecttheintegrityandvalueoftheorganiclabel,organicproducersshouldhavealevelplaying field—notbesubject to inconsistentcertifyingstandards. The lackofclearregulatorystandardsonoutdooraccessforhenshascreatedwidevariationintheoutdoorspaceprovidedby different producers, a disparity that has had economic implications for producers andthreatens consumer confidence in the organic label. Those paying a premium for organicproductsexpecthigherwelfarestandardsfortheanimals.

Leaders in theorganic industryandkey food safetyandconsumerprotectiongroups supportthese reforms, including the Organic Trade Association, Organic Valley, Perdue Farms,ConsumerReports,andtheCenterforFoodSafety.

Birdsshouldgooutside:Themajorityoforganiceggproducersalreadyallowtheirbirdstogooutside, and 90% of flocks detected with avian flu during the 2014-2015 outbreak werecommercial flocks kept almost exclusively indoors. The science shows that lower stockingdensityandaccess to freshairandsunlightcouldactuallyworkagainstviral transmissionandmutation.

For more information, contact Kate Wall at [email protected] or Jen Lonergan [email protected].

OneoftheprimarypurposesoftheOrganicFoodsProductionActis“toassureconsumersthatorganicallyproducedproductsmeetaconsistentstandard.”Inconsistentstandardsunderminetheverypurposeofthestatute.“Persistentconsumerconfusionaboutorganiclabelsoneggsandotherlivestockproductsjeopardizesconsumertrustintheorganiclabelgenerallyandunderminesakeypurposeforestablishinganationalorganiccertificationprogram.”–USDA’sProposedRuleonOrganicLivestockandPoultryPractices

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