Cranswick controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Lincolnshire farm investigation
Undercover filming at a Cranswick-owned Lincolnshire pig farm alleged violent handling and the killing of piglets. Cranswick stopped using the farm after the footage emerged.
2025
Further allegations at a Lincolnshire facility
Additional footage recorded over several months was reported to show pigs being struck and a piglet being left to be cannibalised at another Cranswick facility.
2024
Alleged mistreatment at a Norfolk abattoir
Footage was reported to show workers striking pigs before they entered a carbon-dioxide stunning chamber. Protesters later occupied the site.
2023
Allegations concerning a Warwickshire pig farm
Undercover footage from a Warwickshire farm supplying Cranswick was reported to show pigs kept in poor conditions, dead animals and alleged cannibalism.