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9 November 2017
Dear Sir/Madam,
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20171602 Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) dated 30
October, seeking the following information:
‘I was very disappointed to see that real meat was used as a prop on Saturday night's Strictly. Simon
Rimmer and Karen Clifton bit into some food at the end of their routine and confirmed it was dry chicken.
I am concerned about animal welfare and food waste. Whilst I do not eat meat myself, I appreciate that
others do. However, I find it very frustrating when people are disrespectful and waste meat, as, a life was
taken to provide this and so it is only fair it is consumed. I can't imagine this meat (if described by
contestants as dry chicken) was eaten by cast crew although I would be over the moon if it was and was
not wasted.
Please can you let me know if you have any policies, procedures or other documents in place relating to
meat used in your television programmes that may support how you've thought about this from an ethical
point of view?
I understand in a cooking show you wil need to use real meat, but, absolutely nothing would have been
taken away from the overall entertainment of Simon and Karen's dance if there was a substitute in place.
Using real meat to me seems totally unnecessary.’
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https://ico.org.uk/media/for-
organisations/documents/1164/recognising-a-request-made-under-the-foia.pdf .
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