Norfolk Free Range Limited, which provides high-end free-range meat to supermarkets and leading brands, has admitted breaching laws governing the humane slaughter of animals.

It admitted breaching a provision of an EU regulation - and in turn the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing 2015 Act - requiring animals to be spared avoidable pain, distress or suffering during their killing.

Pigs were filmed being hit with a metal fencing pole by workers at Harford Farm in Caistor St Edmund (Image: Pignorant / Joey Carbstrong)

The prosecution follows the release of undercover video footage shot by anti-meat activists at one of its sites, at Harford Farm in Caistor St Edmund, next to the A47 Norwich southern bypass.

The footage, captured during eight days of covert filming, featured in a documentary called Pignorant, produced by vegan animal activist Joey Carbstrong, in June 2022.

The film captured two workers making two separate attacks on pigs with a long metal fencing pole - known as a hurdle pin.

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