McDonald’s has become the first high street restaurant chain in the UK to commit to sourcing all its pork from farms approved under the Freedom Food welfare scheme. The move makes the fast food giant the UK’s second largest buyer of Freedom Food pork, all of which comes from farms monitored by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(RSPCA). David Squair from RSPCA Freedom Food described the move as a “milestone for animal welfare”.

“We hope this move will encourage other restaurants to follow suit and use Freedom Food pork, which hopefully in turn will mean more farmers rearing to higher welfare standards and more animals benefitting from better lives,” he said in a statement.

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