Study: Food firms must change how livestock are fed

Madeleine Cuff
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Retailers and food service manufacturers must pay more attention to what is fed to livestock if they are to avert major environmental damage, according to new report

Food companies must develop a better understanding of the type of food fed to the livestock used to make the products they sell, according to a new report released today that aims to shine a spotlight...

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