U.K. grocery chain Morrisons has committed to phasing out the sourcing of shrimp slaughtered through eyestalk ablation.
Following negotiations with the International Council for Animal Welfare (ICAW), Bradford, U.K.-based Morrisons will phase out such methods as eyestalk ablation and suffocation in ice slurry for 100 percent of its prawn sales by 2027.
Similarly, U.K. supermarket chain Co-op committed to phase out the practices in March after Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, and Waitrose did the same.
“It’s encouraging to see Morrisons join the majority of U.K. supermarkets to take a stand on prawn welfare. Customers don’t want to buy products for which animals' eyes have been cut off,” ICAW Head of Negotiations Justine Audemard said.
Such chains as Iceland, Asda, Lidl, and Aldi have not committed to removing the practices, Audemard added, so in mid-June, 70 protestors demonstrated in front of an Iceland store in Greenwich, U.K., demanding the company ...
