Animal Welfare
AMI Memos/Informational
Memorandum
Cooperatives
Sponsor Herd Reduction Program
(06/18/2008)
CWT
Ear Tag Photo
AMI
Informational Memorandum: Animal Welfare and
Customer Outreach, May 2008
Draft
Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange Scenario
(HIKE 01HD-08) and Member Comments
(04/11/2008)
Requests
for Proposals for Future Work by Codex on
Animal Feeding and Information on the National
Experience in the Implementation of the Codex
Code of Practice in Good Animal Feeding
(03/14/2008)
FSIS
Notices 16-08 and 17-08 Humane Handling
Activities
(03/10/2008)
ALERT: Enhanced
FSIS Presence Regarding Antemortem Inspection
and Animal Handling (03/05/2008)
FSIS
Notice 14-08: Humane Handling Activities and
Documentation in Livestock Slaughter
Establishments (02/29/2008)
Animal
Welfare/Inspection Committees, HIKE Scenarios
(October 23, 2003)
Animal
Welfare/Inspection Committee, FSIS Directive
6900.2 (Oct. 10, 2003)
Animal
Welfare Committee/General Members, FMI-NCCR
Report on Animal Welfare (June 25,
2002)
Correspondence
AMI
Petition to USDA to Prohibit the Presentation
of Non-Ambulatory Cattle for Slaughter, April
22, 2008
Testimony
AMI
Testimony Submitted to House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry,
May 8, 2007
AMI
Testimony Regarding the Hallmark/Westland Meat
Recall, Feb. 28, 2008
Press
Releases/News Stories
AMI
News Story, HIKE Scenario on Egregious
Electrical Stunning Available, April 18,
2008
AMI
News Story, FSIS Issues Notices on Humane
Handling Practices, March 11,
2008
American
Meat Institute Says Practices Shown in Meat
Plant Video are Disturbing and in Sharp
Contrast to Animal Handling Practices in Meat
Industry, January 30, 2008
American
Meat Institute Responds To Questions About
Industry Support of Federal Oversight
(2/22/2008)
American
Meat Institute Says Government Message is
Clear: Beef Recall Stems From Non-compliance
with Inspection Procedures, Not Food Safety
Concerns
(2/17/2008)
Publications/Brochures
Audit Forms - All
Species
Cattle and Calves Slaughter Audit
Form
Pig Slaughter Audit
Form
Sheep
Slaughter Audit Form
Recommended Animal Handling
Guidelines and Audit Guide - 2007
Edition
Recommended Animal Handling
Guidelines - 2007 Edition
AMI Consumer Brochure, Meat
Matters: Animal Welfare in the Meat Industry,
October 2007
Links
AMI
Web site: Animalhandling.org
USDA
Web site: Humane Interactive Knowledge
Exchange
MeatNewsNetwork