Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS, WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL, 1/6/15 Smithfield
Foods says it is continuing to make progress on ending the practice of
keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.
facilities.
The world's largest
pork producer said Tuesday its Murphy-Brown subsidiary has moved more
than 70 percent of its pregnant sows from the crates to group housing at
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