Overview

• Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have halted purchases from the Lincolnshire site after covert footage alleged serious welfare breaches.
• Animal Justice Project says 10 months of filming appeared to show pigs being kicked and struck, cursory welfare checks, botched piglet killings, and cases of prolonged cannibalism and transport of unfit animals.
• Red Tractor removed the farm’s assurance and referred the case to the Animal and Plant Health Agency, noting the footage was shot between May 2024 and January 2025 but submitted in August 2025.
• Cranswick describes the material as historic, says implicated staff have left, and has begun an independent vet‑led review alongside measures including staff retraining, five new welfare officers and AI‑enabled CCTV across indoor farms.
• This is the second Cranswick‑linked site scrutinized this year after North Moor Farm’s conditional reinstatement, as MPs call for tougher oversight and a potential national inquiry into farm welfare.