The animal welfare behind the meat you buy - Which? investigates

To understand how the different animal welfare standards on a meat farm translate to the products you buy on supermarket shelves, you need to know your labels.

So we've broken down a few animal welfare standards across the different welfare schemes to help you compare the meat labels available in UK supermarkets, including Red Tractor, RSPCA Assured, free range, outdoor bred, outdoor reared, Soil Association and organic.

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[which]

At 1:59 we say that 'by law' all pigs should be able to lie down ON THEIR SIDES at the same time. The legislation says that pigs need to be able to LIE DOWN at the same time. The industry code of practice, which farmers are required by law to know and is used by enforcement bodies, says that all pigs should be able to LIE DOWN ON THEIR SIDES at the same time.

[lilachart]

All living creatures need and deserve a quality of life no matter what your views on eating meat ....some of the below comments are callous beyond belief ..not surprising really 😞

[michaelhernandez]

I'm not against painlessly and ethically killing an animal for food, but I am 100% against torture and cruelty of an animal before it is slaughtered. The quality of livestock needs to be improved

[raz]

I think that if you need to eat animals, then they should not be keep inside and in an as natural environment as possible.

[michaelsimpson]

The UK literally has the best animal welfare law on the planet. Our treatment of animals is the best on the planet. If you actually take the time to look into the law you would see that farms cannot just sit at the minimum standards for long. You always have to be improving the standard of care of your animals and farms are commonly fined for just sticking to the bare minimum.

[Victor-tldk]

6:32 The highest in the world... that is sad... just giving all pigs enough space to lie down seems like it should be the absolute minimum a country like Russia or North Korea allows.

[harryturnbull]

What about farm shops? They dont have any provanence labels?

[TheBendalina]

This makes me feel sick. This will only get worse as human numbers increase. Do your bit for animals stop eating them.

[mehismeh]

These cute baby piglets don’t know why they are being killed and are so confused but now they are in a better place where god can keep them and take care of them praying 🙏

[antivaxxnugs]

Just to think that the red tractor says that their produce is free range, the chickens are kept in sheds all day all year

[iamdmc]

or try eating less meat
check out some vegan sausages and burgers - you'll be pleasantly surprised
for whole cuts, make it a treat, and use high quality

[hnorwood]

thing is tho if u make it larger space there is less produce and then we run out off stock so i reckon u shush and let me enjoy my bacon sarny

[sachinraghavan]

Animal rights acknowledges that domestication, breeding, inseminating, confinement, and slaughter of animals is inherently cruel to them. It gives animals equal moral consideration based on their abilities to suffer. Welfare fully allows these cruelties and treats animals like personal property, which rights rejects as it objectifies them. Welfare is used by farmers to make inflicting pain and suffering on them permissible, just so long as their suffering isn't too abusive by welfare standards.

[aydnguy]

I wish these kind of videos were actually produced by people who are from the country side and have some idea of what they are talking about.

[ihvsego]

Mmmm I do like pork especially the crackling not to mention a huge slab of steak

[willkent]

This is so funny how people think is actually happened on a farm 😂

[harveersingh]

Best thing to do is get some alive chickens and do them in your back garden yourselves trust me its healthy and unsuspicious

[dsheridan]

Watching while making bacon, anyone want some?

[thestlegolegion]

Yum! Also remember to cook it enough so the little thing isn't still squealing on your plate! Also Bacon goes really well with scrambled eggs and baked beans, thank me later lads!

[nin]

Tesco use thai chicken in their ready meals