57. The major concern expressed in the initial consultation exercise was that broiler breeders are subjected to an unacceptable degree of feed deprivation from about 15 days of age to point-of-lay. As a result, we studied this situation very closely, in the field, by considering scientific evidence and by meeting some of the scientists involved. Different production methods are applied to parent broiler breeders and pedigree (elite) stock and it was upon this difference that much concern was founded.