Today
Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, announced its commitment to phasing
out inherently cruel battery cages of its U.S. supply chain by 2020. The
industry-leading policy stipulates one of the most aggressive deadlines for
shifting to cage-free eggs.
Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, announced its commitment to phasing
out inherently cruel battery cages of its U.S. supply chain by 2020. The
industry-leading policy stipulates one of the most aggressive deadlines for
shifting to cage-free eggs.
Nestlé’s
policy is an expansion of the broader Nestlé Commitment on Farm Animal Welfare established in 2013
after a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation at a Nestlé dairy
supplier in Wisconsin showed workers viciously kicking, beating, and stabbing
cows and dragging “downed cows by their fragile legs and necks using chains
attached to tractors.
Following
the release of the hidden-camera footage, Nestlé pledged to eliminate many of
the cruelest forms of institutionalized animal abuse from its supply chain,
including painful mutilations of dairy cattle and piglets without painkillers;
use of growth promoters for poultry; and extreme confinement of pigs in
gestation crates, calves in veal crates, and egg-laying hens in battery cages.
the release of the hidden-camera footage, Nestlé pledged to eliminate many of
the cruelest forms of institutionalized animal abuse from its supply chain,
including painful mutilations of dairy cattle and piglets without painkillers;
use of growth promoters for poultry; and extreme confinement of pigs in
gestation crates, calves in veal crates, and egg-laying hens in battery cages.
Nestlé’s
farm animal welfare commitment was the first comprehensive policy of its kind
and has been used as a standard for several other companies that have since
implemented multi-species policies, including Starbucks, Aramark, Compass
Group, and Walmart.
farm animal welfare commitment was the first comprehensive policy of its kind
and has been used as a standard for several other companies that have since
implemented multi-species policies, including Starbucks, Aramark, Compass
Group, and Walmart.
Recently,
General Mills, Kellogg’s, Starbucks, and many chain restaurants from Taco Bell
to Panera have committed to timelines for switching to cage-free eggs.
Currently, more than 90 percent of factory farms in the U.S. cram egg-laying
hens into cages so small birds can’t walk, spread their wings, or engage in
other natural behaviors.
General Mills, Kellogg’s, Starbucks, and many chain restaurants from Taco Bell
to Panera have committed to timelines for switching to cage-free eggs.
Currently, more than 90 percent of factory farms in the U.S. cram egg-laying
hens into cages so small birds can’t walk, spread their wings, or engage in
other natural behaviors.
Nestlé’s cage-free egg commitment will reduce the suffering of hundreds of
thousands of hens each year and hopefully inspire other food companies to do
the same. It’s high time the rest of the food industry, including Tim Hortons and Wendy’s, acknowledged that cramming birds into cages barely larger than
their bodies is cruel and has no place in a civilized society.
thousands of hens each year and hopefully inspire other food companies to do
the same. It’s high time the rest of the food industry, including Tim Hortons and Wendy’s, acknowledged that cramming birds into cages barely larger than
their bodies is cruel and has no place in a civilized society.
Click
here to ask Wendy’s to stop stuffing birds in cruel cages. And remember,
the best way to protect chickens and all farmed animals is to leave their
products off your plate. Learn more at ChooseVeg.com.
here to ask Wendy’s to stop stuffing birds in cruel cages. And remember,
the best way to protect chickens and all farmed animals is to leave their
products off your plate. Learn more at ChooseVeg.com.
