Betsy Flores - Proactive Animal Well-being Initiatives
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Betsy Flores Director of Regulatory Affairs
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Proactive Animal Well-being Initiatives - Betsy Flores, Director of Regulatory Affairs, National Milk Producers Federation, from the 2010 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholder's Summit: Truth, Lies and Videotape: Is Activism Jeopardizing Our Food Security?, April 28 - 29, 2010, Washington, DC, USA. More presentations at
Transcript of Betsy Flores - Proactive Animal Well-being Initiatives
Betsy FloresDirector of Regulatory Affairs
National Dairy FARM Program
• Directed by the National Milk Producers Federation, with support from Dairy Management, Inc.
• Nationwide, verifiable animal well-being program providing consistency and uniformity to best practices in animal care and quality assurance
National Dairy FARM Program
• Introduced last year at the World Dairy Expo
• Developed by producers, veterinarians, and animal scientists
• Outreach to producers, co-ops, processors, retailers
National Dairy FARM Program
• Bolster trust and confidence in the U.S. dairy industry and demonstrate the industry’s commitment to the highest levels of animal care and quality assurance – Consumers– Retailers– Food Processors – Restaurant chains
National Dairy FARM Program
Three Step Approach
• Education Animal Care Manual, Quick Reference User
Guide, Animal Care DVD
• On-Farm Evaluation• Third-Party Verification
Voluntary and available to all producers
National Dairy FARM Program
National Dairy FARM Program
Abbreviated Table of ContentsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – On-Farm Evaluations
Chapter 3 – Management: SOP, Training, Record Keeping
Chapter 4 – Newborn
Chapters 5 – 8 Lifecycle from Weaning to Maturity Nutrition Animal Health Environment and Facilities Handling, Movement and Transportation
Chapter 9 – Special-Needs Animals
Chapter 10 – Dairy Beef
Chapter 11 – Third-Party Verification
National Dairy FARM Program
On-Farm Evaluations• Management checklists
Key on-farm practices for program Specific practices by chapter Sole basis for on-farm evaluation
• Checklists are the foundation for the Quick Reference User Guide• On-farm evaluation at least once every
three years
National Dairy FARM Program
Third-party Verification• Participating farms chosen through
statistical sampling • Designed to demonstrate the integrity of
the program• Provide statistically verified data
confirming that proper animal care is the expectation
• Annual process
National Dairy FARM Program
Program TimelineLate 2009
Program launch to industry, customers and consumers
2010 Evaluator training On-farm evaluations
2011 Third-party verification
National Dairy FARM Program
For more Information
Betsy Flores Jamie [email protected] [email protected]
(703) 243-6111
