Asda and Tesco pull pork from 'Red Tractor' supplier after allegations

Supermarkets have suspended supplies from a pig farm after an investigation detailed allegations of animal cruelty. Tesco and Asda said they had suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, which is run by British meat producer Cranswick.

It comes after the Mail on Sunday reported that workers would routinely “hit pigs with boards, paddles and their fists, deliberately targeting areas such as their snout and eyes”. The newspaper added that welfare checks often ignored “visible injuries and suffering, with one inspection of 1,000 pigs lasting just 90 seconds”, as well as “multiple botched killings of lame piglets”.

Covert filming at the farm, which houses thousands of pigs, was carried out over a 10-mon

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