Ongehoord filed a complaint with the Advertising Code Committee against Beter Leven product advertisements. This investigation explains why.
The investigation group Ongehoord is filing a complaint with the Advertising Code Committee to stop advertisements for Beter Leven products. Ongehoord claims that the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming) is misleading the public about animal welfare on farms with the Beter Leven quality mark. For instance, most broiler chickens do not have outdoor access, and mega farms receive the quality mark through a questionable administrative process. This process is actually suggested by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming) itself. The investigation group has backed its complaint with detailed evidence and images of Beter Leven farms.
2 locations
Loading map...
Sources
- 1
DB Annual Report 2022, p27.
- 2
- 3
[Rates BLK 202](beterleven.dierenbescherm...ites/2/2023/12/Tarieven-SBLK-2024.pdf)
- 4
Beter Leven: No Deception, But Steps on a Long Road (dierenbescherming.nl)
- 5
Research into chicken slaughterhouses (Ongehoord)
- 6
- 7
Criticism of the Beter Leven quality mark is unjustified (dierenbescherming.nl)
- 8
- 9
Animal welfare of hens during CO2 stunning (Wageningen University & Research)
- 10
Consultation Results - April 16 to June 30, 2019 / March 27 to May 8, 2020 (dierenbescherming.nl)
- 11
Beter Leven criteria, changes introduced in 2018 (dierenbescherming.nl)
- 12
- 13
Exemptions (voi.brabant.nl)
- 14
Pigs (dierenbescherming.nl)
- 15
500 pigs died in a fire in a pigsty (gelderlander.nl)
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
Westfort bans rattles after images Ongehoord (New Harvest)
- 21
Follow-up visit to Westfort pig slaughterhouse (Eyes on Animals)
- 22
- 23
Beter Leven Criteria, 2018 (Animal Protection)
- 24
Animal health damage often invisible in star chicks (Poultryweb)
- 25



