Portugal: FILPORC develops certification in technical-scientific animal welfare

The FILPORC Interprofessional Organization, which brings together pig production through FPAS and the pork industry through APIC, is developing an animal welfare certification for pigs.〈 16/07/21 〉 The objective is to offer national consumers and foreign markets a guarantee of trust in the production processes of the Portuguese pork sector, placing it at the forefront of the world in terms of working ethics with animals, promoting their well-being and its health and, consequently, the quality and safety of the meat. This certification results from the establishment of a benchmark worked by the three organizations in partnership with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Lisbon and establishes a more demanding production model from the point of view of complying with European animal welfare standards applying to production , transport and slaughter. At the moment, the certification is in the process of being validated as an optional labeling process with the ...