Economic and Operational Impacts of the Proposed EU Directive laying down Minimum Standards for the Production of Chickens kept for Meat Production

Abstract

This study was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra (Defra) for the purpose of providing information to assist in compilation of a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the possible introduction of an EU-wide Council Directive relating to the welfare of broiler chickens, in particular by estimating costs to the broiler industry in England.