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Tesco pushed on poultry standards
June 18 2008
Glasgow Herald
An attempt by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to pressure Tesco into raising the welfare standards of its chickens has received the backing of influential corporate governance consultancy Pirc.
It is to support a motion at the supermarket's annual meeting in Birmingham on June 27 calling on the company to set a firm deadline for upgrading poultry standards.
Pirc said: "We consider the resolution to be in line with Tesco's stated animal welfare policy commitment and believe the specific request does not represent an attempt to micro-manage the business."
