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- 1. Are your egg and chicken products source from free range, barnyard or battery hens? Thanks!
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The terms 'battery' and 'free range' are actually used in relation to egg producing chickens. You will be pleased to know that all McDonald's eggs are free range (including the eggs used for the mayonnaise). The chickens used for meat (called broilers) are not free-range, but they are reared under conditions that meet high standards monitored by the Assured Chicken production regulations and are slaughtered using the most humane technique. McDonald's will not work with any supplier who does not adhere to the company's high standards, and those required by UK and EU legislation. In addition McDonald's works with internationally renowned welfare experts to ensure best practices are in place. It is worth noting that McDonald's has won the RSPCA Alternative Award for their commitment to improving animal welfare in the 'fast food' category for the third year running. You may be interested to know that McDonald's is constantly monitoring the situation with regard to the use and availability of free range meat. Currently the market is a specialised and relatively small one. McDonald's is a co-sponsor of The Food Animal Initiative who is running a research project looking into the commercial viability of free-range chicken meat production.
(July 2008)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 2. is all the meat you use free range? or come from a calm, clean environment?
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Free range is a term that technically only applies to poultry. However all McDonald’s animal stock, beef and pork, comes from farms in the UK and Ireland. The animals are normally kept in the fields outside during spring and summer, and in winter they may also be kept in barns. But while all the eggs come from free range farms, the chickens themselves do not. The chicken meat comes from both UK and foreign poultry farmers, all of whom must adhere to the Assured Chicken Production regulations which ensure full control over all aspects of chicken farming, including feed and animal welfare. McDonald’s is also a co-sponsor of The Food Animal Initiative who are running a research project looking into the commercial viability of free range chicken meat production.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 3. Are you eggs free-range?
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Yes. All eggs used by McDonald’s UK are free-range.
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