Not exact matches
«This
new policy is further testament that consumers and companies are aligned in shifting the
egg and pork industries away from confining animals in
cages,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director of the Humane Society of the United States, who has partnered with Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN) on the initiative.
According to its
new policy, Burger King Corp. will transition to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs for all U.S. locations within five years, and only purchase pork from suppliers that have documented plans to end their use of gestation crates for breeding pigs.
Sonic's
new policy will result in the company phasing - in the use of
cage - free
eggs as well as pork from facilities that do not confine breeding pigs in gestation crates.
On the heels of the release of its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, food manufacturing giant General Mills announced a
new cage - free
egg purchasing program, prompting praise from The Humane Society of the United States.
As part of its
new animal welfare policy, the SUBWAY ® chain will ensure that, to start, 4 percent of the
eggs used for its breakfast menu nationwide do not come from hens crammed into battery
cages.
Now, working with our suppliers and The Humane Society of the United States, we are setting
new commitments to help the
egg and pork industries eliminate
cages to demonstrate our responsibility to animal welfare and sustainable, ethical sourcing.»
The trend towards
cage - free
eggs is nothing
new.
This
new policy is further testament that consumers and companies are aligned in shifting the
egg and pork industries away from confining animals in
cages.»
The three
new vegetarian breakfast burritos are inspired by global flavors and are protein packed with
cage - free
eggs,
egg whites or plant - based proteins and organic vegetables.
New Simply Delicious Cookie Dough by Nestlé ® Toll House ® is made with high - quality ingredients like real butter,
cage - free
eggs and 100 % real chocolate.
In support of its Vision To Be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World, The Kraft Heinz Company released its inaugural corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, which reveals the global food company's CSR strategy and goals and announces a
new commitment to transition to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs in all global operations by 2025.
«The
new regulations, which would go into effect in 2015, would require
cages to be large enough to allow these animals to be able to stand up, lie down, turn around and to be able to fully extend their limbs without touching the side of an enclosure or other
egg - laying hens.»
When the world's largest fast food company announced in 2015 that it planned to use only
cage - free
eggs, poultry farmers scrambled to meet the
new standards.
Spain and Poland, who are amongst Europe's largest
egg producers, will not be ready to scrap battery
cages, despite having over 12 years to prepare for the
new law.