Humane Farm Animal Care

Humane Farm Animal Care is a non-profit organization[1] established to promote and administer its certification and labeling program, Certified Humane Raised & Handled, for meat, dairy, eggs and poultry raised under its animal care standards in the USA. It is governed by a Board of Directors and retains a Scientific Committee which includes scientists and veterinarians.[2] The organization is endorsed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[3]

Humane Farm Animal Care
Founded2003
TypeNon-profit organization
FocusAnimal welfare, humane animal husbandry practices
Location
  • Middleburg, Virginia, USA
Area served
USA
Key people
Adele Douglass, Executive Director
Websitewww.certifiedhumane.org

History

Both the organization and the Certified Humane Raised & Handled program were founded in 2003, by Adele Douglass.[4] In the late 1990s, Douglass had traveled to England to study a brand of farm products which advertised as derived from humanely raised animals.[5]

Mission

Humane Farm Animal Care's mission is "improving the lives of farm animals in food production from birth through slaughter." [6]

"Certified Humane Raised and Handled" program

The certification program requires the inspection of aspects of production, including raising of live animals, slaughter and the processing/packaging of animal products, to ensure the authenticity of the Certified Humane Raised & Handled label. The program provides documents detailing certification program requirements and specifications, as well as standards for animal care and slaughter.[7] The program is ISO Guide 65 accredited (the USDA is the accrediting agency in the US).[8]

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