We’ve seen the video presented by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and we are appalled by the apparent mistreatment of the animals. We do not condone for any reason the kind of mistreatment of animals shown in the video.

Contrary to the impression left by HSUS, there is no connection between this Wyoming farm and the pork that we process. Tyson Foods does not buy any of the hogs raised on this farm for our pork processing plants. 

We do have a small, but separate hog buying business that has previously purchased aged sows from this farm; however, these animals are subsequently sold to other companies and are not used in Tyson’s pork processing business. The subsidiary has discontinued buying sows from the farm shown in the video.

Virtually all of the hogs Tyson buys for our processing plants come from thousands of independent farm families who use both individual and group housing. We require all hog farmers who supply us to be certified in the pork industry’s Pork Quality Assurance Plus program, which incorporates rigid animal well-being standards and is part of the industry’s ‘We Care’ responsible pork initiative. We validate enrollment and audit conformance to these standards. Farms that do not conform will be eliminated from our supply chain.

For information on the pork industry’s ‘We Care’ responsible pork initiative, go to www.porkcares.com.

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