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CROSS-BORDER QUALITY ASSURANCE
International recognition –
an overview
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QS Insights | ANUGA
2015
Contracting partner audit recognition
Country
Companies authorized
to deliver
Feed
Ovocom/Bemefa
(FCA)
Belgium
197
(production, trade,
storage, transport)
GMP+ International
(GMP+ FSA)
International
4,774
(production, trade,
storage, transport)
Agriculture Industries Confederation
(UFAS, FEMAS, TASSC)
United
Kingdom
31
(production, trade,
storage, transport)
Agrarmarkt Austria Marketing
(pastus+)
Austria
31
(production, trade,
storage)
Qualimat Transport
(Qualimat Transport)
France
14
(transport)
European Feed Ingredients Safety
Certification
(EFISC)
International 9
(production starch, oilseeds
FamiQS
(FamiQS Code of Practice)
International 853
(production additives)
Coceral
(GTP code)
International 152
(route traders)
Agricultural production and meat sector
Codiplan vzw.
(Codiplan plus)
Belgium 1,630
(pig farming)
DGB B.V.
(IKB Nederland Varkens)
Netherlands 1,723
(pig farming)
CBD B.V.
(IKB Varken)
Netherlands 2,617
(pig farming)
Agrarmarkt Austria Marketing
(AMA Rind)
Austria
1,712
(cattle farming)
Danish Agriculture & Food Council
(Productstandard, GRMS)
Denmark
6,820
(pig farming)
11 (slaughtering/deboning)
Belpork
(Certus)
Belgium
2,230
(pig farming)
33 (slaughtering/deboning)
Bord Bia
(BLQAS)
Ireland
3
(slaughtering/deboning)
QM-Milch
(slaughter cows)
Germany
37,055
(dairy cattle farming)
ANIMAL WELFARE INITIATIVE
Acting responsibly together.
With the cross-sector Animal Welfare
Initiative (“Initiative Tierwohl”), the
agricultural, meat processing and food
retail sectors are jointly taking on greater
responsibility for animal welfare for the
first time. The objective is to actively
improve the welfare of animals in pig
and poultry livestock farms across the
country, step by step.
The partners of the Animal Welfare Ini-
tiative have launched an unprecedented
campaign in which farmers, meat process-
ing companies and food retailers work
together on the basis of comprehensive
voluntary commitment and monitoring.
Consumers will continously be able to
buy poultry and pork with an excellent
range and quality of poultry and pork
produce. The Animal Welfare Initiative
also intends to play an active role in the
debate on animal welfare and provide
information to the public.
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SOURCE: INITIATIVE TIERWOHL
About the
Animal Welfare Initiative
Pig and poultry livestock farmers volun-
tarily register for the initiative via so-called
coordinators. They commit themselves to
implementing themeasures for proper live-
stock farming, health and hygiene accord-
ing to the initiative’s catalogue of criteria,
which go beyond the legal requirements.
The animal welfare requirements comprise
a combination of mandatory and optional
criteria. Each farmwhich participatesmust
comply with predefined basic standards.
Additional measures must also be imple-
mented in the form of individual optional
criteria. For each correctly fulfilled optional
criterion, a specified animal welfare sub-
sidy is paid, which is independent of the
market price.
After registration and subsequently on
a yearly basis, the animal welfare meas-
ures implemented under the initiative are
checked by an independent certification
body.
For more information, please visit
www.initiative-tierwohl.deHow farmers contribute
to animal welfare
How the Animal Welfare Initiative works:
1.You buy chicken,
turkey or pork from food
retailers who are part
of the initiative.
2. The retailer
donates EUR 0.04 per
kilogramme to the
Animal Welfare Initiative.
5. This allows us to jointly
promote more sustainable
livestock farming step by step.
4. Compliance with these
measures is monitored
on a regular basis.
3. The funds are used
to support farms in
implementing animal
welfare measures.
Updated 1 July 2015
International:
1 X
PER YEAR
ANIMAL WELFARE
FUNDS
ANIMAL WELFARE INDEX