Tesco Dairy Sales British Veal
Tesco will phase out continental white veal and only buy rose veal from the UK. The dairy farmers that supply the chain in the UK now will be kind enough to not ship excess (for exccess, read ‘male’) calves off for live export to Europe. Instead they will be reared here until slaughtered at a young age.
Now all we need is for them to phase out dairy sales altogether and there won’t be any excess calves in the first place and the calves’ mothers won’t spend their lives in pain and hunger.
Tesco phasing out foreign veal 2 days ago Britain’s biggest supermarket chain has pledged to phase out its sales of imported veal. Tesco will instead stock British meat from calves bred to higher welfare standards.
The switch is possible because farmers which supply the supermarket with milk have agreed not to export their dairy calves. That means the calves will stay in the British supply chain instead of being reared abroad. Tesco said its beef suppliers were ready to take on dairy calves from the 930 dairy farmers who have agreed not to sell their animals for export. Tesco dairy category director Kari Daniels said: “The fact that these calves will stay in the UK is good news for British farmers and shoppers alike because it makes a lot more top quality British beef available. “In addition shoppers will be able to buy British veal - which will be reared to high welfare standards. Calves will have straw beds, a balanced diet and access to plenty of natural daylight.” Tesco is due to start selling rose veal from British-reared calves from April, when it will start phasing out imported veal.
