Millions of chickens destined for supermarkets and restaurants are being electrically stunned in slaughterhouses in a process that “causes pain and fear”, according to a report by the EU’s food safety adviser.
Vets have called on the poultry industry to stop using electric water baths and switch to more humane methods of stunning birds before they are killed.
KFC, Nandos, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are among the businesses selling meat from birds that have been turned upside down and had their legs jammed in metal shackles on a fast-moving conveyor line. [The Times (£)] Read more
