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AllAll France’s abattoirs are to be inspected “within the month” following revelations of animal cruelty at a slaughterhouse whose organic meat is dispatched to France’s top-starred restaurants, the ...

An abattoir in southern France was shut down Tuesday (23 February) after an animal rights group released a video reportedly showing terrible abuse of livestock at the facility. The graphic video shot ...

France's agriculture minister has ordered nationwide inspections of abattoirs, after new video footage emerged showing abuse of livestock. The secretly recorded video comes from a slaughterhouse in ...

A race against time is unfolding at Calais after at least four UK refrigerated lorries loaded with high-quality lamb destined for Belgium and France, were ...

Authorities will inspect all of France's abattoirs after yet another gruesome animal abuse video was released on Tuesday. Warning: The video may shock readers. France will launch a nationwide probe of ...

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to introduce surveillance cameras in abattoirs throughout France after the release of a damning report exposing animal cruelty on the facilities. France’s parliament ...

France has been left shocked by more footage filmed undercover at an abattoir, this time showing how unborn calves are thrown into waste bins. France's sordid abattoir history continues, this time ...

The ritual slaughter is tightly regulated here in France and has to take place in abattoirs following strict health and safety regulations. Anyone found flouting the law risks a 15,000-euro fine and ...

France was accused of double standards yesterday after it was found that many of its abattoirs breached laws designed to protect humans from eating BSE-infected beef while at the same time it bans ...

Around a hundred people are believed to have been infected by the coronavirus in newly discovered outbreaks in two French abattoirs. One abattoir is in the central Val de Loire region near the city of ...