Poultry - Chicken
Chicken is by far the most popular poultry meat, probably because of its versatility as a food and the fact it is easy to add a wide range of flavours to. Retail sales stand at £2.9bn a year. Imports are approaching £1bn a year but exports are small by comparison at £220m.
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(18-08-2008)
Chicken bosses have branded media speculation surrounding a government report into the welfare of birds at slaughter as “unhelpful” and “premature”.
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(23-07-2008)
A Derbyshire poultry processing company has hit back following a raid by the UK Borders Agency.
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(03-07-2008)
A broiler chicken farm in Somerset has been suspended from the RSPCA’s Freedom Food scheme pending an investigation.
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(18-06-2008)
Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has paid £86,888 to Tesco to allow a resolution on poultry welfare to be put at the retailer’s AGM.
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(03-03-2008)
Meanwhile, the British Poultry Council is questioning the RSPCA figures on consumer purchasing of..
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(03-03-2008)
The NFU has responded to a poll by the RSPCA which says 73% of consumers are buying higher welfare chicken after watching the recent television shows by celebrity chefs.
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(07-02-2008)
Tesco has slashed the price for its standard whole chicken to £1.99 provoking criticism from the NFU.
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(23-01-2008)
A Gloucestershire based chicken production company has been bought by a competitor for an undisclosed sum.
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(14-01-2008)
Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall has responded to allegations his programme misled viewers.
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(09-01-2008)
The NFU poultry chairman, Charles Bourns, has denied he is closing his Glocestershire chicken farm for business, after reports in national newspapers claimed he was.