With their eyes opened to the ill treatment of animals for food, US companies are increasingly sourcing their ingredients from suppliers who vow to use humane and environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. - Filepic
McDonald's Corp's 16,000 US and Canadian restaurants will serve only eggs laid by cage-free chickens within 10 years, the company said on Sept 9.
McDonald's USA has been buying more than 13 million cage-free eggs annually since 2011. The long-awaited switch is happening as North American egg suppliers are slowly starting to rebuild flocks after the worst bird flu outbreak in US history.
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