United States-Animal welfare training for meat and farming industry.

UNITED STATES-NEW ANIMAL WELFARE PROGRAM.

The American Humane Certified farm animal welfare program announced it will launch an online Humane Care Training Program for food producers to use in educating employees, growers and contractors who handle animals.

The new American Humane Certified Humane Care Training curriculum will be developed by John J. McGlone, an animal and food science professor at Texas Tech University. It will complement and expand American Humane Certified’s existing national program of auditing and certifying the humane handling of animals raised for food.

The training will feature easy access and comprehensive lessons for anyone working in direct contact with animals. Every species will have its own training module that incorporates video and graphics to demonstrate key points.

The new training program will begin testing this spring and should be available for widespread use by July.