Iceland, a supermarket, is today called the UK’s worst supermarket for cagesing chickens. This is because the new report shows that it has failed its commitment to go cage-free by the end of the year.
Animal Protection Charity Humanitarian League UK (THL UK) Rankings have been released Based on cageless advancements, today’s British supermarkets. Everyone is committed to only source cage-free eggs by the end of 2025.
The charity also rated the ASDA as a supermarket of concern due to a gap in reporting on the transition to a Cage-free system. Lidl, Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi are on track to respond to their commitments while selling eggs from today’s cages. Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, M&S, and cooperatives are already cage-free.
Not enough
Claire Williams, campaign manager for Humane League UK, said: “Iceland has spent 10 years getting chickens out of their supply chains cruel cages, but they sourced eggs from birds that were years before last year.
“Imagine living your life on a crowded lift, and you’ll get a sense of awful life that these animals guide. As long as Iceland supports blatant animal cruelty, we’re not interested in excuses.
“They need to move quickly and act to reach the 2025 deadline. The British masses and hundreds of thousands of chickens are far better.”
According to Iceland’s own data, they are Go backwards About their progress towards becoming cage-free. From 2023 to 2024, 71% of the eggs sold by Iceland came from caged chickens, 6% more than the previous year, the highest amount since Iceland began reporting in 2017 to 2018.
Furthermore, Iceland is only committed to sourcing the entire egg from uncaged chickens, not from other supermarkets, rather than from ingredients. Their lack of progress could affect hundreds of thousands of chickens.
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Iceland is Original Promise In 2016, “It’s clear that customers prefer to buy eggs from uncovered chickens.”
In 2012, barren battery cages were banned in the UK, but an estimated 8 million chickens are trapped in so-called “concentrated” cages, seriously harming the health of the chickens.
In these cages, chickens Can’t do it properly Major instinctive actions such as dust bass, stops, roosts, and wing covers. This creates severe stress on the birds and weakens the bones.
Recent the study This indicates that 94% of British citizens are opposed to the use of cages to lay hens.
Iceland has been asked to comment. A spokesman for the ASDA said Ecologist: “We are working closely with our suppliers to improve the welfare of our spawning hens and strive to move all label shell eggs and ingredients cage-free in 2025.”
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Brendan Montague is an ecologist editor. This article is based on a press release from Human League UK.
