Chicken Farmers of Canada
Chicken farmers in Canada take great strides to ensure that the highest standards in animal care, animal health and food safety are carefully followed.
In March of 2003, we established an Animal Care Committee to develop an animal care program based on existing Codes of Practice that could be monitored, audited and enforced.
The Animal Care Program is an auditable program designed to demonstrate the high level of standards in the Canadian chicken industry’s on-farm animal care. The program is based on the Canadian Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Chickens, Turkeys and Breeders from Hatchery to Processing Plant.
CFC worked diligently with its partners in order to create the best possible Animal Care Program for Canada’s chicken farmers. The Animal Care Committee consulted with more than forty Canadian stakeholders representing farmers, industry, academia, farm animal councils, catching companies, humane organizations, federal and provincial governments, the veterinary profession, as well as restaurants and grocers on the content of the Animal Care Program. The Program was also piloted on chicken farms across Canada.
Implementation of the Animal Care Program will begin in 2009 and the first audits are expected to take place in the spring. Management of the Animal Care and Food Safety programs will be integrated in order to make the two programs easier for the farmers to implement concurrently.
Feel free to email us at cfc@chicken.ca with any questions you may have about our Animal Care Program.
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