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Chicken supplier passing off housed birds as free range

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Meat industry insiders have been warned to look closely at the traceability of any free-range chicken in their supply chains, with one unnamed company believed to be passing off housed birds as free range.

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Extensive System/Free Range Poultry Production System

Agric4profits

There are several poultry production systems employed by poultry farmers in different parts of the world. Examples include: Extensive or Free range poultry

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FW Awards 2023: Poultry Farmer of the Year finalists

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Egg producers often dominate in the Poultry Farmer of the Year category of the Farmers Weekly Awards, but this year’s finalists all come from the meat side of the industry, both intensive and free range.

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Holyrood urged to introduce targeted bird flu housing order

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Pressure is being put on the Scottish government to introduce a housing order on free-range poultry in the north-east of Scotland this autumn, to protect birds from avian influenza.

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How farmers are taking the jeopardy out of egg production

Farmers Weekly

Predominantly focused on arable, about 15 years ago he diversified into egg production and since then has become one of the largest free range producers in the region. Farmers Weekly Philip Wright and his family have been farming their 600 acre farm in Norfolk for four generations.

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USDA’s guidance on meat labeling: still voluntary, alas.

Food Politics

The USDA announces updated guidelines for substantiating claims on meat and poultry labels in these categories.

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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”? Cage Free: This term refers to poultry that is allowed to roam indoors without cages and have access to food and water. Photography by Lena Beck) Free Range: This means that the animal spends part of its time outside, uncaged.

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