Trader Joe’s released more details about its inventory of pork products this week after meeting with an Illinois-based animal welfare group that has targeted the company for “inhumane” treatment of pigs.
A dozen or so volunteers from Crate Free Illinois traveled to Trader Joe’s headquarters near Los Angeles last week for a meeting with company officials. They also delivered signed petitions from more than 370,000 people who are asking Trader Joe’s to join the majority of large U.S. food companies that have ended the use of gestation creates, 2-by-7 foot cages that keep pigs in one position for the majority of their lives.
On Tuesday, about a week after the meeting, Trader Joe’s published a list of 10 pork products that come from “crate-free” suppliers. The list also includes 11 other pork products the company says it will obtain from crate-free suppliers in the future, starting as early as October. The phase-in process continues through 2022.
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