Animal Welfare
Notices, Directives, Policy Memos
and HIKE Scenarios
AMI Memo on FSIS Non-Ambulatory
Disabled Veal Calves and Other Non-Ambulatory
Disabled Livestock at Slaughter; Petitions and
Rulemaking , February 8, 2011
FSIS Notice 74:10: Disposition
of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle, December 22,
2010
FSIS Notice 19-10: Humane
Handling Activities and Documentation in
Livestock Slaughter Establishments, April 6,
2010
Draft
Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange Scenario
(HIKE 01HD-08) and Member Comments, April 11,
2008
FSIS
Notices 16-08 and 17-08 Humane Handling
Activities, March 10, 2008
ALERT: Enhanced
FSIS Presence Regarding Antemortem Inspection
and Animal Handling, March 5,
2008
AMI
Petition to USDA to Prohibit the Presentation
of Non-Ambulatory Cattle for Slaughter, April
22,
2008
Testimony
AMI
Submitted Testimony to House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee March 4,
2010
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 Animal Welfare Committee
Briefs Capitol Hill During D.C. Meeting,
February 24, 2011
FSIS Announces Humane Handling Measures, December 22, 2010
HBO's 'Temple Grandin' Sweeps 2010 Emmys with Best Picture, Actress, Others, August 30, 2010
Study: Media Attention to
Animal Welfare Has Negative Impact on Meat
Demand, September 16, 2010
HIKE
Scenario on Egregious Electrical Stunning
Available, April 18, 2008
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 June 2012 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