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Animal Welfare

We believe animal welfare issues, including animal husbandry practices and humane processing, are issues of importance to all of our members.

Animal Welfare Webinar Recordings

Unified Voice Protocol – Cage-Free Eggs and Slow-Growth Broilers Production Practices

This member-only webinar describes the Unified Voice issues management approach; shares research findings; outlines the pilot project’s next steps; and seeks input on identifying emerging issues and potential Unified Voice topics of interest.

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FMI Policy Statement on Animal Welfare

FMI's Board of Directors has adopted an industry policy and program components to be shared with our customers and our suppliers in the producer community. Developed in 2012, this represents the industry’s current policy on animal welfare.

Animal Welfare Policy Statement

Producer Animal Care Programs

For information on animal welfare, handling guidelines and audit procedures for the meat, poultry, dairy and egg industries, visit:

Questions?

For questions or more information, please contact FMI’s Vice President, Consumer/Communication Affairs and Communication, David Fikes.

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Facts & Figures

Sales Per Customer Transaction
$34.91

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FMI Animal Welfare Resources

Broiler Survey Report: Consumer Beliefs, Knowledge, and Willingness-to-Pay for Sustainability-Related Poultry Production Practices

The overriding purpose of this project is to determine the market potential and consumer willingness-to-pay for chicken breast with different labels, with primary focus on slow growth labels.

Egg Survey Report: Consumer Beliefs, Knowledge, and Willingness-to-Pay for Sustainability-Related Poultry Production Practices

The purpose of this project is to determine market potential and consumer willingness-to-pay for eggs with different labels, with primary focus on cage free

Evaluation of Animal Welfare Guidelines

This evaluation of the animal welfare guidelines established by various meat and poultry commodity associations was performed by the FMI’s Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.

Leadership

Drawn from the academic disciplines of animal and veterinary science, FMI's Food Animal Advisory Committee is a group of experts in animal husbandry and behavior, veterinary medicine and agriculture production that provide counsel, advice and consultation services to FMI membership regarding issues of food animal welfare.

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