Supermarkets have halted supplies from a pig farm following an investigation that highlighted allegations of animal cruelty . Tesco and Asda have suspended their orders from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, operated 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-month period by animal rights group Animal Justice Project. It was

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