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Health & Wellness

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Omnichannel

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

Cage Free Egg Production

Mar 3, 2016

Discussion with United Egg Producers about cage free egg production for food retailers....

Sustainable Egg Supply

Oct 22, 2015

This webinar covers varying perspectives on the issue of hen housing. Representatives from the Human League, United Egg Producers and an Animal Welfare academic present their point of view regarding preferred housing systems for egg ...

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
$31.92

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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 Food Marketing Institute’s Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Events

We welcome you to join us for the following events.

Webinar
How Do Diets and Health Consciousness Impact Transparency
- Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)
This webinar on how diets and health consciousness impact transparency examines many aspects of the topic and provides guidance for industry next steps.
Webinar
How Does Transparency Differ Across Demographic/Generational Segments?
- Thursday, January 17, 2019 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)
This webinar on how transparency differs across demographic/generational segment examines many aspects of the topic and provides guidance for industry next steps.
Conference
2019 Midwinter Executive Conference
- Friday, January 25 - Monday, January 28, 2019
- | Miami, FL
The FMI Midwinter Executive Conference presents a unique opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with the most influential executives across the global food retail spectrum, from leading stores to wholesalers, and independent operators to suppliers.
Webinar
What is the Future of Transparency in an Omnichannel World? Webinar
- Thursday, February 14, 2019 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)
This report on what is the future of transparency in an omnichannel world and provides guidance for industry next steps.
Conference
2019 NRF PROTECT
- Tuesday, June 11 (6am) - Thursday, June 13, 2019 (11:59pm US/Pacific)
- | Anaheim, CA
Our partnership with National Retail Federation (NRF) on PROTECT 2019 will afford our food retail members the opportunity to expand their horizons, network in a larger sphere and get at the root of what they seek to do best - mitigate risk.

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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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