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Wegmans to abandon "Animal Care Certified" |
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 We noticed over the weekend that the Wegmans "Egg Farm Update" page on the Wegmans web site mysteriously dropped any mention of the Animal Care Certified logo. This is the industry-created logo that Wegmans has used as proof their egg farm is humane. We didn't know what to think of the change. We had high hopes that Wegmans was voluntarily ending their part in the program.
Today, word comes from the D.C. based Compassion Over Killing that the Federal Trade Commission has announced an end to the misleading logo. Over 80% of egg cartons in America carry the Animal Care Certified logo, but soon caged egg producers like Wegmans will no longer be able to use the words "animal care."
It's probably unusual for a company like Wegmans to see Federal Trade Commission intervention. In many ways, Wegmans sets the bar as a model company and member of the community. But their egg farm and the way they market it is out of step with the usually high level of respect they have for their customers.
We'd love to see Wegmans adopt truly independent animal care standards like Certified Humane, or at least bring their farm up to the standards that other grocery chains are meeting by stopping their use of battery cages.
With the Animal Care Certified logo off all their cartons by the middle of next year, we're one step closer to our goal of seeing Wegmans be the honest and animal-friendly company we know they can be. It's a shame that this particular change had to be forced by the FTC, and wasn't a voluntary positive step by Wegmans.
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