Spain: New common seal for the livestock-meat sector
This is another pioneering initiative that reflects the commitment of the Spanish livestock sector to comply with the highest standards of livestock welfare and to consolidate Spain as one of the great international benchmarks in animal welfare, highlighting the efforts carried out by the sector, with the final objective of responding to the demands of society and offering:
The common seal "B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT" strictly guarantees the products of the operators that have been certified through the Technical Procedures and Regulations of the respective "Animal Welfare Commitment" certification schemes, developed by the six interprofessionals based on the criteria and elements established by the National Accreditation Entity (ENAC), to obtain its recognition of accreditable certification. "B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT" and the respective certification schemes that support it are in a continuous process of verification and improvement, with the aim of recognition and accreditation by ENAC.
The common seal "B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT" was created to make it easier for consumers to identify, through a single seal, all the products certified with these certification schemes for the sectors of white-coated pigs, Iberian pigs, rabbit meat, sheep-goat, beef and poultry meat, and to offer distribution companies and specialized distribution greater ease in managing their animal welfare requirements for their suppliers and customers.
The certification system of the six Interprofessionals that now culminates in the common seal "B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT" complies with the "Five Freedoms" and the Animal Welfare principles established by the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO). The best Spanish technical specialists and academics in this field have participated in its development, and it has been endorsed by high-level Scientific Committees, resulting in a certification system that includes requirements based on more demanding scientific and technical criteria than those required by the European and national regulations.
The certificate developed by each interprofessional provides recognition, solidity and allows its adaptation to each livestock production endorsing the good practices carried out in the areas of welfare, health, biosecurity, animal management and traceability in all links of the productive chain, and is responsibly aligned with the "Farm to Fork" strategy and the Green Deal of the European Union, and therefore also commits itself to sustainability, quality and food safety.
Behind this seal "B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT" there are hundreds of thousands of farmers and workers in the sector who make an effort daily and fight for a commitment that they have all acquired, in order to be able to transmit it transparently to the consumer and to the distribution all the criteria of welfare and ethical production that are applied in the good care of the animals and in the attention to the demands received from society in this important aspect of food production.
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