UK: Retailers react to pig welfare investigation

By Michelle Russell | 25 April 2012

A number of UK retailers have suspended contracts with two farms in Norfolk following revelations of animal welfare abuses at the sites uncovered by lobby group Animal Equality.

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A number of UK retailers have suspended contracts with two farms in Norfolk following revelations of animal welfare abuses at the sites uncovered by lobby group Animal Equality.

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