General Mills Sides With HSUS, Looks to End Use of Gestation Crates
The Golden Valley-based company said it will "favor pork suppliers that provide actionable plans by 2017 to create traceability and end their use of gestation crates within the U.S. pork supply chain.”
Golden Valley-based General Mills recently received praise from The Humane Society of the United States for its position on using pork suppliers that do not use gestation crates. Gestation crates are a form of sow housing commonly used throughout the nation. The National Pork Producers Council says that farmers shouldn't have limited production methods. According to their website, "scientific research has shown that there is no one, single best way to house a pregnant sow." In a statement on the General Mills website about how animals are raised and treated in pork production, the company wrote: General Mills supports the development of pregnant sow housing alternatives. Though we recognize that the development and implementation of …
