Poultry retailers respond to the allegations

Asda

Asda said that it is supplied by Faccenda and receive some poultry from the Llangefni 2 Sisters factory. The supermarket said it is not supplied by 2 Sisters’ Scunthorpe plant. Asda referred us to the poultry companies.

Tesco

“Providing safe food is our first priority, so we take these allegations of poor practice extremely seriously, and have launched an immediate investigation.

“Customers can be assured that we conduct our own stringent quality checks on fresh chicken received from suppliers before it is placed on shelves, so we can be confident that it meets our very high quality and safety standards.”

Sainsbury’s

“We are investigating these allegations with 2 Sisters.”

Nando’s

The restaurant chain said it demanded a very high standard of chicken welfare and hygiene from its poultry suppliers and was confident that its suppliers shared the same values.

“All of our chicken is of Red Tractor-assured standard We’re confident that they are reared responsibly and with all due care, in a way that our loyal customers would expect from us,” said Nando’s.

Aldi

“We take any claims of this nature very seriously. Aldi works with our suppliers to ensure the high standards we expect are adhered to. Supplier performance is monitored in a number of different ways including announced and unannounced audits. We have raised these allegations with our supplier to ensure that our rigorous testing and quality control procedures are upheld.”

KFC

“Food safety is of the upmost importance to KFC and we buy fresh chicken from four well established and trusted UK suppliers, including 2 Sisters in Scunthorpe, although we are not supplied by its Llangefni site. All of our suppliers are independently audited and, given the serious nature of the allegations we are pursuing the matter directly with 2 Sisters, who are undertaking a full investigation.”