3.2 Animal welfare

Nutreco has operational control over live animal management through independent integrated farmers in Spain and Canada.

These regulations cover animal welfare, housing conditions, animal density limits and transportation regulations.

Spain

1. We work with contract farmers in poultry hatchery and poultry broiler production, as well as with pork contract producers of white and Iberian pigs.

2. In 2022, Inga Food had all of its white pig farms certified by a new “Welfare Quality” standard for swine, after seeing its first farms certified the previous year.

3. We also ensured the certification of Inga Food’s entire production of Iberian pigs with the Iberian Animal Welfare certification; this certification coverage was finalised in January 2022.

Canada

1. We own a poultry hatchery that is audited on a monthly basis in accordance with the National Chicken Council animal welfare guidelines. It is also Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) accredited.

2. For sourced hatching eggs, we comply with the requirements as defined under the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers regulations.

3. We certify that all broiler day-old chicks have been inspected for general physical condition prior to shipping and are handled according to the National Farm Animal Care Council code of practice for the care and handling of hatching eggs, breeders and chickens.

4. Broiler and turkey growing farms are covered by the Turkey Farmers of Canada's On Farm Food Safety Programme (Programme de la salubrité des aliments à la ferme) and monitored by the producer association Poultry Farmers of Quebec (Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec).

Chapters:

3.1 Our approach to AMR
3.2 Animal welfare