BURGER King Corp. announced last week "two industry-leading commitments" that will enhance animal care standards in its U.S. supply chain. The company said it "has pledged" to acquire all of its restaurants' egg needs from cage-free production systems by 2017 and to buy pork from suppliers that provide documented plans to end their use of individual stalls for gestat-ing sows. The company put no deadline on the latter requirement.
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机译：汉堡王公司（BURGER King Corp.）上周宣布了“两项业界领先的承诺”，将提高其美国供应链中的动物保健标准。该公司表示，“已承诺”到2017年从无网箱生产系统中获取所有餐厅的鸡蛋需求，并从供应商那里购买猪肉，而猪肉供应商应提供有据可证的计划，以停止使用单独的摊位生产母猪。该公司对后一项要求没有规定最后期限。
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