Aurora Dairy Scores High with Independent Auditor

December 1, 2008 · Print This Article

In hopes of quelling some consumer concerns about Aurora’s treatment of their dairy cows, the company announced that it has received an Animal Welfare Review Certification from an independent auditor, Validus Services, LLC.

Such a certification is awarded after a throrough inspection of the animals takes place on site by a Validus employee and recommendations have been made. Dairy herds are assessed for the their body condition, locomotion, “parlor behavior” (how they bevave during milking), and slips and falls. Health facilities are plus looked at.

that is all fine and good but the attacks on Aurora have not been about the physical health of the cows but rather, the factory farm manner in which they are raised. Aurora operates five massive

organic dairy farms in Colorado and Texas. The company has been under fire from groups like The Cornicopia Institue who lists them as “ethically deficient” and gives them “zero cows” on their Organic Dairy type Ratings Scorecard. Aurora has been accused of restricting their cattle to feedlots and giving them very little (if any) acess to pasture. The company has even been targeted in lawsuites claiming that their farms do not meet federal organic standards.

Aurora supplies organic milk to retail giants like Target and WalMart.

Aurora Dairy Scores High with Independent Auditor originally presented on Green Daily on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:36:00 EST 0.Please see our terms for use of feeds.

[Source] Kelly Leahy

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.