United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 10517
Poultry: Animal Welfare
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4 June 2021
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14 June 2021 · Answer
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14 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether chicks are killed by maceration in the UK.
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4 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether chicks are killed by maceration in the UK.
Source: Commons
14 June 2021
Answer
All four of the main laying hen hatcheries in the UK use argon and CO2 gas mixtures as a permitted method of killing male day-old chicks, rather than maceration. Maceration, or immediate crushing of the entire animal, is a lawful method of killing chicks ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-04/10517
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1329754
- uk · wq-1329754 · source updated 14 June 2021