Submitted on Saturday 26th March 2016
Rejected on Thursday 31st March 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop the government repealing animal welfare codes
Conservative ministers are planning to repeal an array of official guidance on animal welfare standards, starting with a move to put the code on chicken farming into the hands of the poultry industry. This means that the industry standard will be down to the poultry industry themselves.
It is planning to revoke the code on 27th April– the day that new guidelines will be made public by the British Poultry Council.
Kerry McCarthy, the shadow environment secretary, said: “Abandoning codes of practice for farm animal welfare is not in the best interests of the animals and will not produce higher quality food. In the wake of food scandals, scrapping government standards risks undermining public confidence in the food we buy.”
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