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Nestle tightens pledge on animal welfare
The Nestle food and beverage company has announced an animal welfare agreement with World Animal Protection, a non-governmental organization.
The Swiss company says it will require its more than 7-thousand suppliers of animal products, from milk to meat to eggs, to adhere to stricter animal welfare practices. The company says an independent auditor will conduct on-farm checks and those farms that don’t work to come into compliance “will no longer supply Nestle.”
The agreement is part of Nestle’s Responsible Sourcing program. Nestle is working with World Animal Protection to “tighten and improve the company’s “responsible sourcing guidelines.” For example, spacing requirements for pigs and cows will be changed “to ensure they are not cramped and can engage in normal animal behavior.”
Some of Nestle’s many brands include Lean Cuisine, Cheerios and Haagen-Dazs.
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Nestle also owns Purina, which means they own all the Purina pet food brands — from Cat Chow and Dog Chow to Alpo and Fancy Feast, and probably some specialized or premium brands, too.
I don’t feed much Purina dry cat food, preferring Iams (owned by Proctor & Gamble), Wellness and other specialty foods, but Friskies canned cat food is the optimum balance between price, variety and food that HAS been tested in feeding trials. Please don’t tell me I have to give it up!
And besides, pet food is basically a by-product of the human food industry. Despite the billions (yes, with a “B”) we spend on our pets, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the spending on foodstuffs for humans.
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So, let me see if I have this straight. Nestle cuts ties to a supplier in Wisconsin who is abusing animals. That’s just fine by me. My problem is, because one supplier is abusing animals, all dairy farmers are abusing animals then? I’m happy the World Animal Protection organization wants to protect animals. Are there scientists making these recommendations, or are they simply “activists” who have decided what’s best for animals?
Well – as I am totally against this Animal Rights agenda – I guess I will just start using less and less Nestle products, till I am weaned off. I’m certainly NOT going to support a company that’s pandering to my enemy.
Shame – I SOooooo loved that puppet that used to sing N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestles makes the very best – CHOC-O-LATE!!!! Sorry to see it change – but I love my animals more than World Animal Protection does!
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