Tractor does U-turn

摘要

Little red tractor reverses ban on growth promoters. Chickens reared for meat carrying the little red tractor logo can now receive daily doses of previously banned antibiotic growth promoters. These controversial drugs, already banned elsewhere in Europe, were previously forbidden under the red tractor scheme. Up to 85 per cent of all UK chickens are reared under 'assured chicken production', a little red tractor farm assurance scheme launched two years ago with support from the government and the major supermarkets. Its main claim was that it prohibited the use of antibiotic growth promoters - until now. This ban was reversed in June.