Oscar Mayer To Eliminate Gestation Crates By 2022
Oscar Mayer To Eliminate Gestation Crates By 2022
Oscar Mayer, owned by Kraft Foods, has joined the ranks of several other major food companies by pledging to source its pork from suppliers that no longer use gestation crates. Gestation crates are typically metal cages that are so small that pregnant sows are unable to move.
Oscar Mayer’s timeline for this phase-out will occur over the next 10 years, and the company pledges to be gestation crate-free by 2022.