At the time in November 2025, the farm was a member of RSPCA Assured, which vouches for farms that meet animal welfare standards.
Two Pools also supplied Marks & Spencer – though it is no longer a supplier – and the German dairy company Müller.
M&S inspected the farm on November 18, 2025. Footage filmed hours before appeared to show workers kicking days-old calves, removing a dead calf using a loader and padding the rubber-floored pens with extra straw.
‘This could look really bad,’ one farmhand told another.
The inspection lasted 10 minutes. Less than a minute later, a worker allegedly struck a calf’s face with a feeding tube.