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Tyson Foods announced plans to eliminate the use of human antibiotics from its U.S. broiler chicken flocks by September 2017.

Tyson Foods urged its pork suppliers to stop using manual blunt force to euthanize sick or injured piglets, use anesthetic for tail docking and castration, and improve housing for pregnant sows. The company also announced that it will increase the frequency of third-party audits that monitor animal well-being.

Shareholders withdraw resolution after world's largest meat processor asks contract farmers to improve housing standards for pigs

Cargill, McDonald's, Tyson Foods, and Walmart are among 42 founding members of the new U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef-a multi-stakeholder initiative to advance sustainable practices in the global beef value chain.

Tyson Foods Inc. has announced that sustainability will play a key role in the company's strategy as it moves into fiscal 2018; the company expects sustainability will be one element that will help the company reach an expected sales growth of about 6% next year.

Smithfield's pledge followed a legal complaint by the Humane Society alleging that the pork supplier claimed to have higher animal welfare and environmental standards than it actually did.