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Sysco joins effort to eliminate sow gestation stalls among suppliers
Story Date: 7/24/2012
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Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 7/23/12
Sysco Corp. is the latest food industry player to commit to eliminating sow gestation stalls from its pork supply chain, confirming its move through the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
The Houston-based foodservice distributor and marketer said in a statement released by HSUS that the concerns of its customers and suppliers prompted its decision. “We use science-based standards for animal welfare and work diligently with our suppliers to ensure humane treatment of animals,” the Sysco statement says. “Like many of our customers, we’re going to work with our pork suppliers to develop a timeline to achieve this goal.”
HSUS notes that many of the world’s largest food companies — including such industry giants like McDonald’s Corp., Kraft Foods Inc., Sodexo, Smithfield Foods and Hormel Corp. — have developed similar policies regarding sow crates since early 2012. Nine U.S. states have also passed laws to ban the practice and three other states have bills pending that would have the same goal.
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