Government planning to repeal animal welfare codes
by Rowena Mason from Environment | The Guardian on (#189JT)
Poultry industry to oversee chicken-farming standards as ministers move to create industry-led deregulation
Conservative ministers are planning to repeal an array of official guidance on animal welfare standards, starting with a move to put the code on chicken-farming into the hands of the poultry industry.
Liz Truss, the environment secretary, is overseeing moves to scrap the statutory codes on farm animal welfare and move to an "industry-led" guidance as part of her department's deregulatory agenda.
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