Charlotte, N.C.-based Compass Group, the world’s largest food service provider with 7,500 clients in the United States, announced that it will shift to a new cage-free shell egg policy that will affect about 48 million eggs nationally. The policy also will require that cage-free suppliers adhere to the standards of the third-party auditing organization, Humane Farm Animal Care.

Some of Compass Group’s clients include the Hearst Corp., Microsoft, Sarah Lawrence College, Bard College, and Northwestern University.