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Chicken, Definition

  • 21-05-2013 1:36pm
    #1
    briano.de.rhino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭


    http://porkandgin.com/ingredients/a-bad-egg/

    Came across this easy to read description of battery vs. free range which i found helpful. As I can not believe the €5.50 free range chicken from dunnes/lidl/aldi had a reasonably healthy life.

    This website seems to think it does although Ive read other websites that say the farmer only needs to open a door to a concrete yard(to which a chicken/turkey may or may not utilise) to fulfill 'minimum free range standards'.

    I only buy free range eggs and chickens but it is the €5.50 sort. Anybody got any real info on these chickens?

    Thanks,
    Brian.


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  • #2
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    I can't say I relish the thought of the yolk being dyed yellow.

    I'm pretty sure Jamie Oliver/Hugh FW made a TV show about Free Range vs Battery a couple of years ago, it was part of The Great Food Fight. I believe they were able to use identical sheds for both but the Free Range had the door opened for certain hours of the day.

    What's the best solution though, do we push for higher standards in Free Range chicken and see the prices rise, or do we need a new classification like "pasture chicken" at a standard above Free Range, would people pay for it?

    I'm not a particularly discerning buyer myself, I tend to buy my meat from a butchers but I generally buy special offer trays of chicken fillets.

    It's also worth noting that most of the chicken supplied to the catering/hospitality industry comes from places like Thailand where the EU has no say in animal welfare.


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