EWWW! WHERE YOUR McRIB SANDWICH COMES FROM!

Fans of the McRib might have hailed its return with resplendent tweets and squeals of excitement, but not everyone is as ecstatic about the pork sandwich's comeback.
The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal complaint Wednesday against McDonald's pork supplier Smithfield Foods, claiming that the company is treating its porkers poorly.

In a 2010 undercover HSUS investigation, the organization discovered that Smithfield pigs lived in "hellish conditions" that included gestation crates, poor sanitation and lame pigs on the premises, with nary a vet in sight.

The detailed complaint went into gross detail, pointing to poor care, including sows that "suffered from open pressure sores and other ulcers and wounds that developed from their confinement and inability to change positions in the crate."

Even more disturbing, "abscesses sometimes formed from simple scratches due to ever-present bacteria."

The appalling observations run counter to the image that Smithfield Foods had previously painted of its company, most notably in a video series called "Taking the Mystery out of Pork Production," which claimed that its animals were raised in "ideal" conditions.

Smithfield responded to the HSUS reports with its own statement, asserting that "we are proud of our unparalleled track record as a sustainable food producer and stand confidently behind our company's public statements concerning animal care and environmental stewardship."

Furthermore, "any objective assessment of our practices would conclude that Smithfield and our employees are behaving in a socially responsible manner."

Suffice it to say, until a consensus is reached regarding the true conditions of Smithfield Foods' farms, it might be hard for even the most avid fans to really be "lovin' it."



WATCH ON YOUTUBE





SOURCE