October 8, 2020

2 Sisters Food Group updates its animal welfare strategy

 

2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest poultry companies, has published an updated Animal Welfare Strategy, which is meant to demonstrate its commitment to higher standards.

The company said it was listening to its consumers and animal welfare stakeholders about providing products that meet BCC standards, adding that it is committed to increased volumes to meet full retailer and food-service customer requirements by 2026 and providing the necessary agriculture, processing and packing facilities to meet this demand, Poultry World said in a report.

In its laying hens business, the company said birds were reared in conditions that complied with EU and source country Farm Animal Welfare legislation, and free of either growth promoters or routine prophylactic antibiotics for disease prevention

In a wide-ranging strategy, the company said that, among others, 100% of broilers in its global supply chain are cage-free and 100% of its animals are either stunned prior to slaughter or killed in a humane manner with all poultry in 2019 receiving an effective stun/kill.

2 Sisters Food Group is the trading name for Boparan Holdings Ltd, and is involved with 380 chicken farms producing 6.2 million birds per week for its food business customers. Of these, 63% of the chickens are grown on company-owned farms with the remaining 37% grown by contract growers to supply farms.