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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Woolworths and Coles source pork from abattoirs featured in ‘horrific’ pig slaughter video

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Woolworths and Coles sell pork from Victorian abattoirs featured in footage showing the effects of gassing on pigs. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Australia’s two supermarket giants source pork from Victorian abattoirs depicted in “horrific” footage recording the effects of carbon dioxide gassing on pigs before slaughter.

Although the technique is legal and widely used, Woolworths has now announced it will examine the “circumstances surrounding this footage”, while Coles says it is “committed to working with suppliers who have animal welfare standards that meet [our] high expectations”.

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