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Article: Eat British veal with a clear conscience, says RSPCA
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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Animal welfare groups back sale of home-grown meat
Animal-rights groups have been campaigning to get it off the menu
for decades, but now, in an abrupt U-turn, they are clamouring for
veal to come back to British dining tables.
The RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are trying to
redeem the meat in the eyes of UK consumers - most of whom now view
veal as the ultimate ethical no-no.
"Veal shouldn't be a dirty word," said Rowen West-Henzell, food
business manager for CIWF. "There is a process of re-education that
needs to occur. British rose veal is something we are happy to
endorse."
High-welfare veal is known as rose veal, as calves are not fed
the restricted, low-iron diet that ...