Humane Farm Animal Care
Humane Farm Animal Care was 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 a non-profit organization[1] governed by a Board of Directors[2] and retains a Scientific Committee which includes scientists and veterinarians. The organization is endorsed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[3]
Founded | 2003 |
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Type | Non-profit organization |
Focus | Animal welfare, humane animal husbandry practices |
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Area served | USA |
Key people | Adele Douglass, Executive Director |
Website | www |
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 "Freedom Food", a single brand of farm products which claimed to derive 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 has obtained International Organization for Standardization, ISO Guide 65 certification and is the only humane organization in the US to have received this designation.
References
- Humane Farm Animal Care - Certified Humane Raised & Handled - Who's behind CHRH? The story
- Humane Farm Animal Care - Certified Humane Raised & Handled - The People
- Welcome to Certified Humane Raised & Handled
- The Purpose Prize.org Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- The Purpose Prize | Meet Adele Douglass Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Welcome to Certified Humane Raised & Handled
- https://certifiedhumane.org/how-we-work/our-standards/