Moy Park has received media attention for the poor conditions in its farms. In June 2019,
Animal Equality UK stated that after visiting three Moy Park farms in
Lincolnshire on multiple occasions between February and April 2019, they had filmed evidence of "extreme suffering". The charity said carcasses were "left to rot for days", and birds were found with severe leg injuries, with some unable to stand. In March 2021,
Dispatches (TV programme) went undercover at the same site Animal Equality UK investigated 2 years earlier. They found birds with "horrific injuries" and guidance issued to kill chicks deemed "lame" or "too small". Over 4000 chicks died or were culled during the 11 days of filming and farm managers seemed unaware of
Red Tractor guidelines regarding investigating excessive deaths. In April 2022 activists shot undercover footage inside of a chicken farm operated by Moy Park. The location had been used as a paid promotion for
KFC months earlier. Conditions were vastly different than previously pictured with many instances of "severe overcrowding and dead birds". In August 2022, industry whistle-blowers claimed factory farm chickens had "died slowly of heat exhaustion" after inadequate ventilation and cooling during the
2022 United Kingdom heat wave. Moy Park was listed as one of the companies involved. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it was "deeply concerned" about the issue and that the sheer scale of the mortalities had prompted an investigation by officials. ==References==