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On 22 June 2024, Ethical Consumer viewed the website of Amazon.com Inc and Amazon Fresh. Its animal welfare information was viewed.

Most of the brand's policies were inadequate:
Eggs (partial) - it sold some organic and free range eggs.
Beef (partial) - it sold some organic beef.

Milk (inadequate) - it did not appear to sell own brand organic milk.
Chicken (inadequate) - it did not appear to sell organic or free range chicken.
Fish (inadequate) - it did not appear that the company sold own-brand organic or wild caught salmon or trout.
Pork (inadequate) - it did not appear that the company sold own-brand organic or RSPCA assured pork.

The company also sold a broad range of animal-derived materials.
(10 points).

The whole Amazon company group had similar levels of reporting (0 points).

An external criticisms relating to animal rights or welfare was found: https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/monkey-abuse-for-whole-foods-p…. " At Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday, PETA will submit a statement challenging the company’s subsidiary Whole Foods’ continued sale of Thai coconut milk even after learning of PETA Asia’s investigations revealing that monkeys are forced to pick coconuts in Thailand and are trained through fear of punishment, caged in isolation, and chained for life."

Final scores are capped at either 0 or 100. Overall, the brand scored 0/100 for Animal Products.