Five animal welfare musts

The meat and poultry industry agrees that animal care and handling is a complex issue, however according to Jason McAlister, animal welfare manager at Triumph Foods, St. Joseph, Mo., there are five steps any company can follow that will make the process a little more simple. McAlister shared his ideas at a session during the North American Meat Institute’s Animal Care & Handling Conference being held  in Kansas City.  The basic question McAlister tried to answer in his pork track breakout session was, “How do we get more pigs from the farm to harvest?” McAlister said it was as simple as following five guidelines: “Learning. Educating. Training. Auditing. Keeping records.”