Discount supermarket chain Aldi has been accused of misleading customers with chicken packaging similar to that of Marks & Spencer which has signed up to an official set of welfare standards.
Aldi rejects the claim and says its labels have been changed to reflect improved conditions for the chickens it rears. In industrial farming, chickens put on weight so rapidly that they easily break bones and their weight strains their organs.
It's the equivalent of a human baby growing to weigh 47st in two months, animal-welfare campaigners say. Chickens are bred to put on weight so rapidly that their limbs cannot cope and they collapse.
But Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have both joined the BCC, giving flocks of birds more space and involving slower growing breeds. Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) has branded Aldi's packaging.
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