Sunday, September 7, 2014

Nestlé sign commitment against animal cruelty

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Nestle, the biggest food company in the world by revenue, announced last week a new commitment to improve animal welfare in its supply chain. The measure will affect 7,300 companies providing animal products to Nestlé, which will be obliged to adopt stricter standards.

According to Nestle the measure was taken to meet the concerns of consumers, who increasingly want to know the provenance of the products they consume.

The new brand's food programme, contract with the World Animal Protection, will ban suppliers of pigs confined in cells of pregnancy and calves and laying hens in cages. The new rules also prevent to be removed the horns, tails and genitals of farm animals without painkillers.

Several animal organizations expressed its satisfaction regarding the measure, indicating that this is the first and most comprehensive measure of the genus to end with common practices in livestock farms, referred to the Dodo.

Nestlé has yet to SGS auditor to carry out audits to ensure that the brand can ensure that the new standards are met.

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