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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: 01353 722398
- 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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