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IAWS: Animal welfare. Part of the DNA of the white pork sector

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The white pork sector applies the European production model, the most demanding in the world in terms of animal welfare. From there, the sector has taken a step further by creating the INTERPORC Animal Welfare Spain (IAWS) certification, which has made it a world benchmark in animal welfare.

Posted on Apr 01 ,11:30

IAWS: Animal welfare. Part of the DNA of the white pork sector

There are several aspects that are intrinsically part of the DNA of the Spanish pork sector: animal welfare, biosecurity, sustainability, food safety, rural development and international trade. All of them directly or indirectly enhanced by the IAWS certification.

Through the IAWS Animal Welfare and Biosecurity Technical Regulation companies are obliged to comply with the 8 control areas including all those aspects directly involved in the breeding and development of animals, transport and sacrifice, covering the entire life of the animals.

The IAWS certification is prepared and endorsed by a Scientific Committee of independent experts in animal welfare formed by 19 institutions from the university and research fields, audited by independent certification bodies, and whose transparency has been tested and validated by animal rights organizations; it is our way of being proactive and advancing in terms of animal welfare.

Finally, besides the importance of sector agents complying with the requirements of the IAWS Technical Regulation, it is equally necessary to involve consumers in the initiative and offer them clear and rigorous information on all the efforts that the pork sector dedicates to production of the food that arrives at their tables. The best way to do this was to create a certification seal, "Welfare Commitment Certified ", so that all operators in the pork sector visualize all these efforts and demonstrate real transparency and traceability.

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