Six activists accused of breaking into a pig slaughterhouse to protest against the use of carbon dioxide to kill the animals have been charged with aggravated trespass. Film-maker Joey Carbstrong, ...

At least 600 healthy pigs have already been culled due to a nationwide labour shortage in abattoirs, the chief executive of the National Pig Association (NPA) has said. Zoe Davies warned that while ...

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The owner of an abattoir in Bangkok has been charged with having almost two tonnes of pig carcasses from an unknown origin, which may carry diseases, according to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB ...

Britain’s farmers are struggling to manage a surplus of swine despite warnings that pigs in blankets may be missing from Christmas lunches this year. An “exodus of eastern European workers” has led to ...

THE TROUBLED Brechin abattoir is ready to deliver some seasonal cheer to pig producers, re-opening its doors following a major fire this summer. As the central pig processing plant for Scotland, its ...

Danish Crown is to shut an abattoir in Denmark due to a declining supply of pigs for slaughter. Based in Sæby in the Nordjylland region of Denmark, the slaughterhouse’s 800 employees will lose their ...

Results of a study suggest that Salmonella prevalence in pigs at slaughter in the United Kingdom did not change much from 2013 to 2019. Findings are from an abattoir-based survey that sampled cecal ...

Abattoirs, meat processors hit by worker shortage Farmers say Brexit, COVID led to exodus of east European workers Up to 150,000 pigs risk being culled - National Farmers Union PM says farmers must ...