News » The Pig Welfare Survey by Farms not Factories UK

25.11.2019

Expand

Three-quarters of the 60 high street supermarkets & food chainssurveyed by Farms Not Factories sell pork from factory farms. Many ofthese don?t even offer a single high welfare alternative. Pigs reared infactory farms (an intensive farming system that is permitted under theRed Tractor labelling scheme) have to endure permanent indoorconfinement in barren, overcrowded pens for their entire lives. Motherpigs are kept in narrow metal cages so small they cannot even turnaround for weeks on end.

RSPCA Assured, FreeRange and Organic all have significantly better standards than the RedTractor labelling scheme and minimum UK & EU standards. Some wellknown high street chains have already made the switch to one of thesehigh welfare labels. For example, McDonald?s only sell RSPCA Assuredpork across their entire menu and the Co-op only sells Outdoor BredRSPCA Assured pork throughout their entire own-brand fresh pork range.Pigs on high welfare farms, either outdoors or indoors with plenty ofstraw, are healthy and more contented. They have enough room to roam andexpress natural instinctive behaviours such as rooting, nesting andplaying.

Learn more at https://farmsnotfactories.org/pigsinchains/.

Federacja Zielonych GAJA
5 Lipca 45, 70-374 Szczecin, Poland
Phone. +48 91 489 42 33
Fax + 48 91 489 42 32
fzbiuro@gajanet.pl


Coalition Clean Baltic
Östra Ågatan 53
SE-753 22 Uppsala, Sweden
SHORT ABOUT THE PROJECT

Project Industrial animal farms in the Baltic Sea Region - sustainable practices to reduce nutrient loads is a part of a long-term campaign of the Coalition Clean Baltic and Green Federation "GAJA", aiming to reduce the negative impact of large-scale animal production on the environment and local communities in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly by reducing nutrient run-off into the sea. The project is part-financed by the European Union. This website reflects only the view of the Coalition Clean Baltic. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

SITEMAP