US EditionAsda and Tesco Pull Supplier's Products From Shelves After Animal Cruelty Allegations
Tesco and Asda halted purchases from Somerby Top Farm after 10 months of footage showed banned cruelty methods and welfare failures at the farm, Red Tractor said.
- Tesco and Asda suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, run by British meat producer Cranswick, after an animal rights group released covert footage showing alleged abuse of pigs at the farm.
- The footage was filmed over a 10-month period by Animal Justice Project and showed 'severe abuse' inflicted on animals, including botched killings of lame piglets, even after the farm was audited by Red Tractor.
- Red Tractor suspended Somerby Top Farm's certification with immediate effect, calling the footage 'deeply distressing' and a 'clear breach of animal welfare standards,' while Cranswick stated it had referred the case to the government's animal welfare regulator.
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Secret camera footage exposes 'botched killings of lame piglets' at farm
A pig covered in blood was photographed by Animal Justice Project at Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire (Pictures: Animal Justice Project) Tesco and Asda have stopped buying pork from a pig farm embroiled in allegations of animal cruelty. Animal rights activists Animal Justice Project spent ten months secretly filming some of the 900,000 pigs at Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, which is run by British meat producer Cranswick. The Mail on Sunday r…
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