British Olympic chickens Free

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 42, Issue 4

Fast food chain McDonald’s has pledged to increase the domestic chicken supply used in their food from 10 to 90 per cent amid pressure from Green Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones. The company had planned to import most of their chicken from overseas countries like Brazil and Thailand, snubbing British farmers and necessitating far greater emissions owing to long-distance air transport. Lord Coe, the Chair of the London Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee (LOCOG) admitted the problem at City Hall in response to a question from Green Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones. But it now seems that Macdonald’s have backed down after pressure from the London Green Party.