Eco-Exile wrote:This is no surprise.
“Fast food giant KFC has laid bare the realities of chicken production after admitting to poor welfare conditions among its suppliers.
More than a third of the birds on its supplier farms in the UK and Ireland suffer from a painful inflammation known as footpad dermatitis that in severe cases can prevent birds from walking normally.
Footpad dermatitis is characterised by lesions on the feet, usually because of poor ventilation and litter management. KFC said the number of birds affected had fallen from more than half to 35% in just four years, and that its top suppliers were achieving levels of 15% or below.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... flammation
I had not read about this before it was placed on forum.
This morning on Radio 4’s Farming Today there was a long discussion on subject. Reps from KFC and Compassion in Farming were interviewed.
At the end KFC received a minor thumbs up from all.
They had initiated the report into chicken welfare and had the strength of conviction to make it public. Other companies would have buried it out of sight. In fact KFC are the only company to make such an investigation.
The company admit the situation is less than perfect but is a lot better than in the recent past and is getting better all the time and that KFCs standards are amongst the very best in the industry.
So on the surface a damning report turns out not to be so.