The Montgomery County pork producer that makes the hot dogs sold at Phillies games and hundreds of other retail outlets is phasing out the use of controversial crates used to house female pigs.
Clemens Food Group in Hatfield – parent company of Hatfield Quality Meats – announced quietly on its website it would eliminate the use of so-called gestation crates by 2022 for the pigs it breeds and those belonging to contractors and independent producers.
The decision is being hailed by animal-welfare advocates as the most far-reaching effort by any pork producer to improve living conditions for pigs.
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