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Old March 6th, 2008, 10:00 AM posted to uk.business.agriculture,uk.rec.fishing.game,uk.rec.fishing.coarse,comp.sys.acorn.apps,uk.rec.sailing
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Default Poultry - Campaign wins the sales.

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:25:46 -0000, "Pat Gardiner"
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Pat's Note: Good news of course, but already you can see the same old crew
jumping on the bandwagon.

The coffin chasing, military style RSPCA with their "aspiration" for higher
standards Freedom Foods is already there and the NFU with their meaningless
Red Tractor won't be far behind. There is a lot of money to be made flogging
these to the trade, none of which will be seen again by farmers.

With people like ***Pete*** on the job, rightly or wrongly, they will get
exposed of course, but it takes time.

I think I will trust Tesco. They have too much to lose to get the labelling
wrong.

...and there is still the quesion of Defra point blank refusing to release
the campylobacter rate in British flocks until 2010.

They are obviously hiding up bad news that the consumer has a right to know.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...on-788557.html

The campaign that changed the eating habits of a nation
Boycott of battery chickens forces supermarkets to think ethically

By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent
Thursday, 28 February 2008

Sales of factory-farmed chickens have slumped since a high-profile campaign
raised awareness of the cruelty at the heart of the poultry industry and
implored consumers to pay more to improve the animals' welfare.

In a victory for campaigners who have fought to expose the short and brutal
lives of broiler birds, shoppers have bought millions more free-range and
organic birds while leaving mass-produced chickens on the shelves.
...more


 




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