Animal Welfare

Egg challenge not quite cracked
UK food businesses continue to lead the way in sourcing cage-free eggs from laying hens, however reaching 100% compliance remains a step too far for many
Can businesses close the ambition-action gap on animal welfare?
Nicky Amos of Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare tells Nick Hughes how foodservice businesses are progressing on animal welfare and why the focus must shift from targets to delivery
Footprint Legal webinar in association with DWF: implications of the UK-EU Common Understanding agreement
The latest webinar explores plans for the UK to align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation
Willing to pay for higher welfare
Higher welfare standards for British bacon and eggs could boost UK farmer incomes, as consumers are willing to pay more for food with labelled welfare scores, research has shown.
Intensive chicken production risks breaking welfare laws
Animal welfare campaigners have warned chicken farmers they could be breaking the law by rearing fast-growing breeds. The Humane League UK (THL UK) has sent letters to 1,600 chicken farmers across the UK along with the four largest poultry producers…
Greggs shows the way on animal welfare
The bakery chain has shot up the rankings in a high- profile assessment – and kept prices affordable. Others can learn from it, writes commercial director Malcolm Copland. As recent food safety scares have highlighted, a poor record on animal…
Left behind on animal welfare
Consumers, politicians and many companies are taking the issue seriously – so why are foodservice firms lagging? There…
Leadsom offers assurances on animal welfare
Animal welfare standards will not be watered down once Britain leaves the EU, the environment secretary has promised. Addressing the NFU conference this week, Andrea Leadsom said the government would honour the pledge in the Conservative Party’s 2015 manifesto that…
Animal welfare standards need to improve
More than three quarters (76%) of UK consumers feel the welfare standards for farmed animals could be improved. The findings, from a Eurobarometer report published this month, also suggest that almost half of UK consumers are happy to pay a…
Diners want to know what they’re eating
DINERS ARE starting to care about the provenance of their food when eating out, according to new research by the National Pig Association. Traditionally, diners care less about where their food comes from when eating out than when food shopping.…