UK Statutory Instrument 2010 United Kingdom

Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

What this means for your business

3 obligations
1 penalties
1 guides
Enforced by
The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland, Food Standards Scotland, APHA, DEFRA, Forestry Commission, Natural England
Applies to
United Kingdom
On this page
3 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide
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What you must do

3 compliance obligations under this legislation.

Management duties 2

Ensure conventionally reared meat chickens meet welfare standards

If your business is responsible for conventionally reared meat chickens you must make sure they obey the requirements set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5A. This adds to the existing duties you already have for other farmed animals such as poultry, cattle or pigs.

Trader/Business s.4 Natural England You are responsible for conventionally reared meat chickens

Meet welfare standards for conventionally reared meat chickens

If you keep meat chickens you must follow a set of extra welfare rules. This includes holding a recognised training certificate, staying within stocking‑density limits (or notifying the Secretary of State and meeting extra conditions for higher densities), keeping detailed house‑system records, maintaining suitable ventilation, lighting, litter and feeding, inspecting birds twice daily, cleaning after each flock and keeping records for at least three years.

Any Person Insertion of Schedule 5A to the Welfare of Farmed Natural England When you are a keeper (person responsible for) conventionally reared meat chickens

Offences and prohibitions 1

Fail to comply with duty in Schedule 5A paragraph 14(2)

If your food business does not meet the duty set out in paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 5A – the additional condition that applies to conventionally reared meat chickens – you commit a criminal offence. Conviction can lead to a fine (potentially unlimited) and, depending on the sanction applied by the court, possible imprisonment.

Any Person s.6 Environment Agency

Penalties for non-compliance

1 penalty under this legislation.

Fine

Fail to comply with duty in Schedule 5A paragraph 14(2)

Penalty applies

s.6 Penalises: Fail to comply with duty in Schedule 5A …

Practical guidance

Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.

Meet poultry welfare requirements

Legal requirements for keeping poultry in the UK, including the five welfare needs, stocking densities, lighting, litter management, environmental enrichment, …

Sections and provisions

9 classified provisions from this legislation.

2 Duties 1 Offences and penalties 1 Definitions

Duties 2

  • s.4 Amendment of regulation 5 (additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits) conventionally reared meat chickens
  • Insertion of Schedule 5A to the Welfare of Farmed Insertion of Schedule 5A to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 the stocking density

Offences and penalties 1

  • s.6 Amendment of regulation 7 (offences)

Definitions 1

  • s.3 Amendment of regulation 2 (definitions and interpretation)