Links to articles and forms on animal welfare audits and humane slaughter provided by Dr. Temple Grandin at Colorado State University.
Links to articles and forms on animal welfare audits and humane slaughter provided by Dr. Temple Grandin at Colorado State University.
Validus.
Provides auditing services for all livestock facilities.
Silliker.
Provides animal welfare auditing services for beef, pork, and poultry facilities.
Provides training and certification programs for animal welfare auditors.
Frost, PLLC and FACTA, LLC joined forces to offer animal welfare auditing. They provide science-based animal care training and auditing services independent of pork, beef, dairy or poultry production interests.
USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service.
Information on Quality Systems Verification Programs (QSVP) provided by the USDA.
USDA. NIFA. Plant and Animal Systems.
This symposium presents various perspectives on animal welfare auditing and certification programs and educational efforts in food animal production.
Colorado State University.
Dr. Temple Grandin presents information on critical control points for restaurant audits of animal welfare at slaughter plants.
National Milk Producers Federation.
The National Dairy FARM Program is a nation-wide program that addresses animal well-being in the dairy industry through a third-party verification system.