ISS UK has become a signatory to the European Chicken Commitment which calls for an end to hanging birds upside down and improves the efficiency of stunning prior to slaughter.
The move follows a commitment by the company last year to source cage free eggs by 2025 as part of a broader commitment to work more closely with suppliers to source ingredients and materials of agricultural, forestry, fishery and aquaculture origin in an ethical - as well as sustainable, manner.
2) Implementation of a maximum stocking density of 30kg/m2 or less with thinning discouraged and, when implemented, restricted to one thin per flock of birds;
5) Adopt controlled atmospheric stunning using inert gas or multi-phase systems, or effective electrical stunning without live inversion.
As part of the Commitment, suppliers to ISS will be required to ensure 100 per cent of fresh, frozen and processed chicken in the facility support services provider's supply conforms to the following stipulations by 2026:
