The situation of chicken farms in Italy is disastrous: absent from the agreements on animal welfare and meat quality are large groups such as Conad, Coop, Esselunga but also all discount stores

This is according to the ChickenTrack 2024 report by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)… The Italian companies that have made medium- to long-term (2-3 years) commitments to convert their farms and comply with the improved welfare requirements of the ECC are Eataly, Bofrost, Carrefour, the Fileni Group and Cortilia. The ECC criteria include the reduction of animal density in the sheds, the use of better stunning methods at the slaughter stage and, above all, the choice to rear chickens with a slower growth rate.

The result is this: chicken full of fat