United States biggest food seller announces "Position on Farm Animal Welfare" - Walmart

"We’re asking Walmart U.S. and Sam’s Club U.S. fresh and frozen meat, deli, dairy and egg suppliers to:
Report to authorities and take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action in any cases of animal abuse.
Adopt and implement the principles of the Five Freedoms in their own operations and industry producer programs, and publish a corporate policy on animal welfare.
Find and implement solutions to address animal welfare concerns including, but not limited to:
a. Housing systems that lack sufficient space, enrichment or socialization (for example, sow gestation crates, hen battery cages and veal crates);
b. Painful procedures where avoidable or without pain management (for example, tail docking, de-horning and castration);
c. Euthanasia or slaughter without rendering an animal insensible to pain[1].

Promote transparency by providing an animal welfare report to Walmart and publicly reporting against their animal welfare policy on an annual basis."



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