Companies tagged with: free range chicken

• Animals must have free access to pasture.
• Antibiotics and growth promoting hormones are not permitted.
• Certified to national and international organic standards.
• Pastures which animals have access to must be free from the use of prohibited treatments.
• Feedlots and farrowing crates are not permitted.

•  Farms and abattoirs are independently audited.  
•  Antibiotics and growth promoting hormones are not permitted.
•  Animals have free access to pasture.
•  Feedlots, farrowing crates, and sow stalls are not permitted.
•  Certified to national and international organic standards.

The RSPCA's Approved Farming Scheme provides welfare standards and certification, a 'Paw of Approval', for indoor, outdoor and combination pigs, outdoor and indoor layer chickens and free range and barn meat poultry.

• Farms are independently audited. 
• Growth promoting hormones are not permitted.
• Therapeutic use of antibiotics is allowed under veterniary supervision.
• Stocking density for outdoor range is not specified.
• Birds have access to an area on which to range during daylight hours.
• Stocking density indoors must not exceed 28 kg of live birds per sq metre (approx 14 birds per sq metre)
• Continuous dim lighting may be used.

• Farms are independently audited. 
• Growth promoting hormones are not permitted.
• Therapeutic use of antibiotics is allowed under veterniary supervision.
• Stocking density for outdoor range is not specified.
• Birds have access to an area on which to range during daylight hours.
• Stocking density indoors must not exceed 28 kg of live birds per sq metre (approx 14 birds per sq metre)
• Continuous dim lighting may be used.