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How to eat happy meat: Animal welfare certifications explained


Photo courtesy of Belinda Gutierrez
What motivates your choices at the grocery store? Is it price? Quality? Name brand recognition? We are bombarded with information as we walk down the aisles of any store in search of our next meal and it can be challenging to distinguish a marketing claim from actual information about the products we are eating. Third-party certifications offer one solution for consumers looking to learn more about what they are buying at the grocery store.
Local Yolk eggs with Animal Welfare Approved certification are sold throughout Nevada County.
Photo courtesy of Belinda Gutierrez
Third-party certification occurs when an independent organization reviews the manufacturing and production process of a certain product to determine its compliance with a specific set of standards. Many of these certifications, like Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified, are readily available at most grocery stores. There is a growing number of third-party cert ....

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