By Orest Lyzhechka / Getty Images The world’s leading foodservice company, Compass Group of Great Britain, has pledged to no longer rely on sourcing from pigs that use gestation cages by the summer of 2024. The decision, which only concerns the US market, is causing a stir because it was back in 2012 that the firm originally committed to eliminating gestation crates. Meanwhile, the third largest pork processor in the world, Smithfield Foods, is being sued for allegedly making false claims about phasing out the use of such crates. We look at why gestation cages are so controversial. The world’s…