The White House Office of Management and Budget will review a USDA rule on organic animal welfare standards.
USDA sent the rule to the White House last week.
The measure would set standards for organic poultry and livestock production, long called for the organic industry and advocates, according to Politico.
Current rules governing organic foods cover things such as feed and antibiotic use in poultry and livestock; however, they do not address specifically how the animals are treated.
The program’s advisory board has pushed for welfare standards since the early 2000s.
White House review of the rule is supposed to take no more than 180 days though controversial measures often take far longer. And organic rules can get held up the organic aquaculture rules should have finished the process last month but have yet to be released.
