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US Beefs Up Campaign to Ensure Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Packaging

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing. The claims __ such as “pasture-raised,” “humanely raised,” and “raised without antibiotics” __ …

Hershey Drops Trademark Suit Against Rival Mars

A federal lawsuit filed by The Hershey Co. against rival candy company Mars. Inc. has been dropped. Hershey’s trademark-infringement suit filed in the fall had alleged that new packaging for Mars’ line of Dove candies too closely mimicked the orange, …