[6] The company has used the freedom of movement within the EU to employ over 1,000 workers from countries such as Lithuania, Poland and Portugal at its Northern Ireland facilities.

[8] The company supplies supermarkets including Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Ocado,[9] and fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King.

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".

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.

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.