Quality Assurance
Golden Promise turkeys are raised in the old fashioned ways by caring farmers, all members of the Traditional Farmfresh Turkey Association.
These turkeys are developed from the slow-growing breeds of days gone
by and they are given only natural foods - which means that, come Christmas dinner time, you'll be enjoying the finest flavoured turkey you could imagine.
The TFTA Code:
- Reared and produced with the greatest care by independent farmers dedicated to the production of the finest truly Traditional Farm Fresh Turkeys, who are committed to this code.
- Grown slowly to full maturity and prime condition.
- Fattened on rations containing at least 70% cereals with no animal protein and never given antibiotics or other additives for growth promotion.
- Housed in buildings giving both natural light and ventilation while providing essential weather protection, with space at or better than the Animal Welfare Code recommendations.
- Always handled with extreme care by experienced staff under the personal supervision of the farmer.
- Regularly bedded with comfortable straw or soft wood shavings.
- Grown on farms that are independently inspected to ensure that the Code is met in full.
- Slaughtered on the farm to avoid stress from long distance transportation.
- Always dry plucked and hung for a minimum of seven days to mature and develop the natural flavours unique to this Traditional type of production.
- Processed in facilities inspected by the local Environmental Health Officer to ensure that all legislation is fully complied with.
- Individually inspected and examined before qualifying for the Golden Promise guarantee to be affixed.
- Supplied with a money-back commitment in the unlikely event of consumer dissatisfaction. This commitment is guaranteed by the TFTA.