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McDonald's vows to stop pork suppliers confining sows in crates
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February 14, 2012, Tuesday
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MCDONALD'S Corp said yesterday it will work with its US pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation crates, the cramped stalls that millions of mother sows are confined to while they raise piglets.
The fast-food chain said the metal crates were "not a sustainable production system for the future." It said it would work with suppliers to hammer out a timeline for the phase-out and would talk about the planned next steps in May.
"There are alternatives that we think are better for the welfare of sows," Dan Gorsky, senior vice president for supply chain management for McDonald's North American, said in a statement.
McDonald's joins a growing list of food producers and retailers, including Smithfield Foods, Hormel, Cargill, Burger King and Wolfgang Puck, that have promised to move away from pork bred from sows confined to the crates, which are typically too narrow to allow the sows to turn around.
Wayne Pacelle, the president and the chief executive officer of the Humane Society of the United States, predicted the announcement would have a "catalytic" impact on holdouts.
"They're clearly the biggest pork buyer in the fast-food sector and the largest restaurant chain in the world," Pacelle said. "So this will certainly have seismic effect within the pork industry."
McDonald's uses ham, sausage and bacon in its breakfast menu.
The fast-food chain said the metal crates were "not a sustainable production system for the future." It said it would work with suppliers to hammer out a timeline for the phase-out and would talk about the planned next steps in May.
"There are alternatives that we think are better for the welfare of sows," Dan Gorsky, senior vice president for supply chain management for McDonald's North American, said in a statement.
McDonald's joins a growing list of food producers and retailers, including Smithfield Foods, Hormel, Cargill, Burger King and Wolfgang Puck, that have promised to move away from pork bred from sows confined to the crates, which are typically too narrow to allow the sows to turn around.
Wayne Pacelle, the president and the chief executive officer of the Humane Society of the United States, predicted the announcement would have a "catalytic" impact on holdouts.
"They're clearly the biggest pork buyer in the fast-food sector and the largest restaurant chain in the world," Pacelle said. "So this will certainly have seismic effect within the pork industry."
McDonald's uses ham, sausage and bacon in its breakfast menu.
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