Column: Balanced judgment needed in the poultry sector

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are changing the way that our food systems operate. They are extremely well funded, often creating misleading and emotive content to grab attention and donations from the public. They attack all parts of the supply chain, challenging the government, breaking into farms and producing smear campaigns against retailers. In a recent case in the United Kingdom, animal welfare groups challenged the government on the legality of standard broilers. The argument p