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Policy Documents Asda make it extremely difficult to obtain information. The food store website contains nothing. The corporate website has a few webpages of interest. Animal Welfare: A rather poor effort a giving information. Animal Welfare Report 2024 (PDF): The…

Policy Documents Animal Welfare: not really a policy. ESG Report 2025-26: nothing much about animal welfare. Stunning Policy Iceland’s policy requires all animals and poultry used in Iceland-brand products to be stunned before slaughter, in line with EU Directive 119/1993…

Policy Documents Animal Welfare Stunning Policy Waitrose’s stated policy is that all livestock supplying Waitrose meat are pre-stunned before slaughter. Halal/Kosher in Store Waitrose does not sell halal-certified meat and has no halal counters or labelled halal fresh meat. It…

Policy Documents Our Approach to Animal Welfare 2023 (PDF) Our animal welfare standards Stunning Policy M&S states, without exception, that all meat and poultry it sells must come from humanely slaughtered, pre-stunned animals — the most unambiguous “no non-stun, ever”…

Policy Documents Farm Animal Health and Welfare Policy, July 2024 (PDF) Animal welfare overview page Farm Animal Welfare Policy 2022: This document is still lined to on Lidl’s website. It is not clear whether it has been superseded by Farm…

Policy Documents Sainsbury’s does not not have a downloadable policy document, but instead has a webpage: Agriculture: livestock (beef, chicken, lamb, pork) Animal Health and Welfare Report (PDF) Stunning Policy Sainsbury’s states all of its own-brand meat is from pre-stunned…

Policy Documents Species Specific Welfare Policies Key animal welfare policies Stunning Policy Morrisons’ policy requires all meat in Morrisons-branded products to come from animals stunned in a way that renders them insensible to pain before slaughter. Morrisons aligns itself with…

Policy Documents Aldi is possibly the worst UK supermarket with regard to animal welfare policy and information. British Quality / sourcing page Stunning Policy Aldi’s requires all own-label meat and poultry to be pre-stunned; it states it does not sell…

Policy Documents Documents on the Tesco website: Animal welfare policy Our approach to religious slaughter and animal welfare Stunning Policy Tesco requires all it’s own-label (“Tesco” and “Tesco Finest”) products to come from pre-stunned animals. Halal/Kosher in Store Tesco does…