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Analysis: The Red Tractor game changer
Windows and enrichments are to become compulsory in new phased in standards, aimed at improving bird welfare and matching production…
Welfare
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Analysis: Noble Foods goes cage-free
Initially it looked like a clumsy attempt to placate animal rights protesters. A few days after footage of poorly kept…
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Animal welfare enhanced by new code for meat chickens
A welfare code for meat chickens has been updated as part of a programme of reforms to safeguard and enhance…
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Marks & Spencer commits to new higher welfare standards for broilers
Marks & Spencer has committed to raising welfare standards for all the broilers it buys as part of a new…
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Updated code of practice for meat chickens highlights importance of vets involvement
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published an updated draft code of practice for the welfare of meat…
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Chicken welfare proposals moved forward by government
The government has published an updated code of recommendations for broiler chickens following a consultation. Livestock farmers and employers are…
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Police, CPS and NFU join forces to combat hare coursing
Thirty-one police forces, representing over 90% of forces facing issues with hare coursing in England and Wales, and the Crown…
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UFU urges vigilance following Avian influenza reports in Europe
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is urging poultry farmers to be vigilant in light of continued outbreaks of Avian influenza on…
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Rejection of animal sentience from Brexit Bill risks UK short-fall on high animal welfare standards
MPs have voted to reject the inclusion of a clause that would transfer the recognition of animal sentience into UK…
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CCTV to be introduced in all slaughterhouses in England in 2018
CCTV recording will become mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England next year, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed. Defra will…