Rejected petition Keep animal welfare standards the responsibility of the government not industry

The government is planning to repeal official guidance on animal welfare standards, starting with a move to put the code on chicken-farming in the hands of the poultry industry.
Industry is about profit, not animal welfare. Please sign this petition to keep regulators separate from those regulated

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See The Guardian article "Government planning to repeal animal welfare codes" by Rowena Mason dated 26 March 2016.

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Date submitted 26 March 2016
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