Better Meat with a Big Heart is Certified Humane
Humane Farm Animal Care is Revolutionizing America's Meat Industry
Oct 17, 2009
PETA activists and vegans alike can be assured that so long as America continues to adore cheeseburgers and pepperoni pizza, meat industries will continue to prosper, and millions of animals will be subject to cruel farm conditions and inhumane slaughter practices.
But thanks to the people in Herndon, Virginia, America’s meat lovers are offered a safer, better option, one which seeks to not only improve the lives of farm animals, but to improve consumer health as well.
Humane Farm Animal Care
The Certified Humane program is run by the non-profit organization Humane Farm Animal Care, a program advocating the health of farm animals and consumers alike. Their standards of quality are revolutionizing America’s meat industry; in order to be ‘Certified Humane’, the meat producer must meet certain standards of farm animal care, including the following:
- Animals are fed a nutritious diet
- Animals are free from antibiotics and hormones
- Provided with adequate shelter
- Gently handled and given quality care
- Farms are equipped with animal rest areas
- Animals are given space to roam
- Offered the ability to engage in natural animal behaviors
Certified Humane and Consumer Health
Recent discoveries have indicated that there is in fact a link between the consumption of meat treated with hormones and antibiotics, and human disease. As health awareness rises and becomes the focus of current media attention, it becomes impossible to deny the health benefits and environmental advantages of humane options, which promise a higher quality standard of not only meat, but of dairy products as well. For a producer to meet the qualification for the Humane Certification requires that a farm site be inspected rigorously and frequently and entails all stages of growth for the animals, from birth until death.
Under the authority of the Certified Humane program, a farm’s slaughter practice must exceed the standards mandated by the Federal Humane Slaughter Act, and comply instead with those dictated by the American Meat Institute Standards. Humane Farm Animal Care works closely with veterinarians and animal specialists to ensure that their standards of animal care are precise in preserving the natural well-being of the animals.
Getting to Know Certified Humane
Meat and dairy products are usually represented by a variety of different labels: look instead for the Certified Humane seal, which guarantees that the product is of superior quality and the result of supreme farm conditions and care.
Humane Farm Animal Care is sponsored in part by the ASPCA and Humane Society. For more information, and to find Certified Humane products sold near you, please visit their website, CertifiedHumane.org.
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