Monday, April 30, 2007

Burger King.. Humane?

"[Burger King] has started purchasing 10 percent of its pork from suppliers that don't use sow gestation crates. It also said it will start getting 2 percent of its eggs from cage-free hens. Burger King plans to double the percentage it purchases in both of these areas by the end of this year.

The fast-food chain also has plans to influence suppliers by saying that it will look favorably on cage-free eggs when weighing its purchases, and will also give preference to poultry outfi ts that use controlled-atmosphere stunning to kill animals, a method favored by many animal-rights organizations."


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