Request
Your request was about the following information:
'1. Why are some loads mixed?
2. Why are mixed loads not recorded?
3. Does the average CMDR data that you provided include deaths by culling on-farm?
4. Does the average CMDR data that you provided take thinning into account?'
Response
1. Some loads are mixed as farms aim to fill up the lorries for transport to the slaughterhouse, to ensure efficiencies.
2. Each house will have a different CMDR and it is not possible to calculate the CMDR per batch, when it includes birds from different houses.
3. Yes, the average CMDR data that we provided include deaths by culling on-farm.
4. No, the average CMDR data that we provided did not take thinning into account.
