RSPCA
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…
Businesses urged to meet higher chicken standards
The RSPCA is urging supermarkets and foodservice companies to follow Marks & Spencer’s lead and commit to new welfare requirements for chickens. Last week, M&S became the first retailer to pledge to meet new welfare requirements for meat chickens across…
Tough decisions on ethical meat
Would you customers still eat your food if they knew where it came from? If not, you’re at risk. Amy Fetzer reports from November’s forum on animal welfare. Three-quarters of consumers rank animal welfare concerns as the top issue which makes…
Footprint Forum: Animal welfare – we’ve come a long way baby
Three quarters of consumers rank animal welfare concerns as the top issue which makes a company ethical but is the foodservice industry doing enough to ensure animal welfare, and if so, are we communicating it to customers? The conclusion from…
McDonald’s to go British for its French fries
MCDONALD’S IS TO use only British potatoes for making its French fries. The company sources all but 13% of its spuds from Britain anyway, but the move will reportedly inject another £9m into the country’s farming sector. McDonald’s said the…
RSPCA calls for all farm animals to be stunned before slaughter
THE RSPCA is renewing its calls for improved welfare of all farm animals at the time of slaughter and clear production method labelling of meat as the House of Lords prepares to debate the subject of religious slaughter this week…
Shoppers should know how their meat was killed
THE RSPCA is calling for its supporters to contact their MEPs urging them to add their signature of support for clearer labelling of welfare standards on meat. A Written Declaration (WD) has been tabled in the European Parliament calling…
Recycling plant blaze: call for ban on Chinese lanterns
A FIRE BROKE out in a factory in Smethwick, Birmingham, on Sunday 30th June where 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling bundle material was set alight by a Chinese lantern, prompting calls for a ban. Approximately firefighters were called out…
