Table Chickens- Further Information

Organisations

• DEFRA Helpline. Tel: 08459 335577
• Meat and Livestock Commission. Tel: 01908 677577
• Utility Poultry Breeders’ Society. Tel: 01926 420962 (evenings).
• Soil Association. Tel: 0117 914 2412
• Organic Farmers and Growers. Tel: 01939 291800
• Freedom Food Ltd. Tel: 0870 754 0014

Publications

• Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations. 1995. DEFRA.
• Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat & Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) 1995. DEFRA.
• The Food Safety Act. 1990. DEFRA.
• The Code of Practice for On-Farm Slaughter and Marketing of Poultry. DEFRA.
• Practical Slaughter of Poultry: A Guide for the Small Producer. Humane Slaughter Association. Tel: 01582 831919
• Free-Range Poultry (3rd Edition). Katie Thear.

Stock

• S & T Poultry. (Tel: 01945 585618) - Range of Sasso breeds.
• Poulet Anglais. (Tel: 01790 763066. Mobile: 07787 533325) – Range of Hubbard-ISA breeds.
• Cyril Bason (Stokesay) Ltd. Tel: 01588 673 0204/5 – Cobb and Ross.
• P D Hook. Tel: 01993 850261 – Cotswold White and Cotswold Gold.

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