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McDonald's, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty
Source: Reuters
Markets | Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:44pm EDT
McDonald's, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty
LOS ANGELES
Aug 27 McDonald's Corp and Tyson Foods both severed ties on Thursday with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, beating and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal rights activists.
The videotape, which was unveiled by Mercy For Animals at a news conference in Los Angeles, depicts gruesome animal cruelty toward the birds at what the group said was T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tennessee, which was under contract to Tyson Foods.
Tyson supplies chicken meat to McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, for its McNuggets.
Representatives for T&S Farm could not immediately be reached for comment on Thursday.
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McDonald's, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty
LOS ANGELES
Aug 27 McDonald's Corp and Tyson Foods both severed ties on Thursday with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, beating and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal rights activists.
The videotape, which was unveiled by Mercy For Animals at a news conference in Los Angeles, depicts gruesome animal cruelty toward the birds at what the group said was T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tennessee, which was under contract to Tyson Foods.
Tyson supplies chicken meat to McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, for its McNuggets.
Representatives for T&S Farm could not immediately be reached for comment on Thursday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/usa-mcdonalds-farm-idUSL1N11227420150827
