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February 21, 2012
Bon Appétit Management Company Announces Groundbreaking Animal Welfare Policy
Bon Appétit Management Company, which operates more than 400 cafés for corporations, universities, museums and specialty venues in 31 states, announced the rollout of the food service industry’s most comprehensive farm animal welfare policy to date.
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February 13, 2012
McDonald’s Takes Action Toward Ending Gestation Stall Use; Humane Society of the United States Supports Effort
McDonald’s Corporation announced that it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to outline their plans to phase out the use of sow gestation stalls, a move supported by The Humane Society of the United States.
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February 9, 2012
Seaboard Foods’ Response to Undercover Animal Cruelty Investigation Prompts Second Complaint to Federal Agencies
The Humane Society of the United States has filed supplemental complaints with both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission regarding false and misleading statements being made by Seaboard Foods in response to a recent undercover investigation video of one of the company’s Oklahoma pig breeding facilities.
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February 2, 2012
Hormel Foods—Maker of SPAM—Announces Plans to Eliminate Gestation Crates
The creator of the iconic Spam product, Hormel, announced this week that it is committing to phase out gestation crate confinement of pigs at all company-owned facilities by 2017.
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February 2, 2012
Tyson Execs To Be Questioned About Cruelty to Pigs at Company’s Annual Meeting
At the annual shareholder meeting of Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) on Friday, a representative of The Humane Society of the United States will question company executives about why it has no plans to end the extreme confinement of breeding pigs in its pork supply.
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February 1, 2012
HSUS documenta abuso animal en granjas industriales porcinas de Oklahoma, presenta denuncia legal
Investigaciones encubiertas descubren abuso contra cerdos por parte de dos de los mayores abastecedores de productos porcinos en el país, incluyendo proveedor de Wal-Mart
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January 31, 2012
Undercover Video Documents Abuse of Pigs at Okla. Factory Farms
An undercover HSUS investigation documented inhumane treatment of pigs at Oklahoma factory farms, one a Walmart supplier. The HSUS filed legal complaints.
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January 23, 2012
Federal Bill Introduced to Improve Housing for Egg-Laying Hens and Provide Stable Future for Egg Farmers
The Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers announced that they will make passage of H.R. 3798, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012, introduced today by Reps. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., Sam Farr, D-Calif. and Jeff Denham, R-Calif., a top legislative priority in Congress this year.
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January 5, 2012
HSUS Becomes Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Shareholder
As part of its efforts to encourage CKE Restaurants, operator of the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. restaurant chains, to improve the treatment of animals in its supply chain, The Humane Society of the United States has purchased stock in the chains’ parent company.
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December 29, 2011
A Historic Year for Farm Animals
In 2011, The HSUS joined the United Egg Producers to press for legislation phasing out the egg production using barren battery cages. We summarize this effort and our progress for farm animals in other areas.
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