Animal welfare has been the heart of a new US system for credible on-farm verification. First audits are in process in the new Common Swine Industry Audit, in development since 2013. Expert columnist Monique Pairis-Garcia describes this as ‘a huge first step for the US swine industry’.
On-farm swine assurance programmes are still relatively new in the US. In contrast to the legislative approach taken in Europe, promoting and ensuring positive on-farm animal welfare has been driven pr
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