Charity calls for reform of public sector food sourcing standards

摘要

Animal welfare charity the RSPCA is calling for a major overhaul of public sector food sourcing standards to protectschool children and hospital patients from being served a “low welfare menu.”The charity claims the baseline for the Government Buying Standards (GBS) benchmark for animal welfare iscurrently set too low, meaning menus may contain eggs from caged birds or chicken imported at lower standardsthan imposed within the UK.