It has been a turbulent week for ANZCO's Five Star Beef feedlot in Mid Canterbury.
New Zealand's only large-scale commercial feedlot has come under attack from the animal activist organization SAFE earlier in the week, and yesterday was issued with a "notice of direction" from MPI after being suspected of having Mycoplasma bovis.
Read more: MPI issues M. bovis notice to ANZCO Foods' Five Star Beef feedlot in Canterbury
ANZCO's Foods General Manager Agriculture & Livestock Grant Bunting spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay to defend the animal welfare at his company.
Bunting says the cattle at the feedlot are in good condition and the practise is not to be confused with "cage farming and sow crates."