Denmark seeks national and EU bans on fast-growing chickens

The Sansasyonel - International (English) · Nov 3, 2026 · 1m

Denmark’s government is pursuing a national ban on fast-growing “turbo chickens” and wants the breed prohibited across the European Union. The push follows a TV2 documentary alleging that chicken producer Christian Tvergaard broke Danish law by giving chickens only half the required daily period of darkness to encourage them to eat more. Tvergaard admitted to making some wrong decisions and said the lighting programme and several stable workflows had been tightened up. Denmark’s minister for nature and animal welfare, Christian Rabjerg Madsen, said a national ban needs legal and economic…