Hospital patients served healthier food in Wales than in England - Good Food for Our Money campaign survey shows massive public support for introduction of legally-binding hospital food standards.
Secretary of State lampooned in Parliament over Government food standards - Shadow Food and Farming Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP today challenged Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, to 'stop clowning around with food standards' and 'catch up with Ronald McDonald'.
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The Government has introduced new compulsory rules called ‘Government Buying Standards’ (GBS) that encourage public sector institutions to buy eggs from hens living in ‘enriched cages’. This means taxpayers’ money will be used to help prop up an archaic and cruel system of production which subjects hens to a life of misery.
Government Buying Standards are compulsory for ‘central government’, including government departments and some parts of the armed forces. As a result, it is likely that each year up to
The decision to introduce compulsory rules that promote enriched cage eggs was taken by the Cabinet, including Ministers Jim Paice MP and Caroline Spelman MP who are supposed to be responsible for improving animal welfare in the UK.
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Hens living in enriched cages:
This standard of production is so bad that: