Training

The AMI Foundation (AMIF) sponsors the annual Animal Care and Handling Conference for the Food Industry. It is generally held in February in Kansas City and offers practical, applied information designed to help the industry implement practices and technologies that will enhance animal handling and stunning.

The 2007 Animal Care and Handling Conference was held March 29-30, 2007 in Overland Park, Kan. Presentations from the conference are available to download here.

Helmet Stickers

AMIF offers helmet stickers for use in recognizing employees who have been trained in cattle and hog animal handling and stunning. These stickers are available for $25 for 100 stickers, including shipping and handling. To order these stickers, click here: Please specify either cattle or hog stickers.

AMIF also offers two training videos: Good Animal Handling Practices for Beef Processors and Good Animal Handling Practices for Pork Processors. Using Dr. Temple Grandin as the lead instructor, these 15-minute videos facilitate in-plant training in the principles of good animal handling. The videos are available in both English and Spanish.

To download an order form, click here.

Animal Welfare Assistance

Animal welfare assistance is available directly from AMI staff experts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, because animal welfare is treated as a non-competitive issue by AMI members, industry exerts are also available to assist others when problems occur. To utilize AMI's Animal Welfare Assistance Program, email or call Janet Riley, 202/587-4245, or Lynn Morrissette, 202/587-4237. Be prepared to describe the nature of the problem and the nature of your operation. A staff member will respond to you promptly.