UK chickens legally labelled free-range despite never going outside
by Tom Levitt from Environment | The Guardian on (#5Y4G9)
Loophole allows chicken-meat farmers to retain free-range status after birds ordered indoors to stem avian flu
A loophole in government regulations means that chickens can still be called free-range even though they are no longer allowed outside because of the outbreak of avian flu.
The UK has been affected by what government officials have called the largest ever outbreak of avian flu" over the winter, with almost 100 reported highly pathogenic outbreaks in England, Scotland and Wales.
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