{{Short description|American non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Humane Farm Animal Care | type = Non-profit organization | founded = 2003 | logo = Humane Farm Animal Care logo | location = Middleburg, Virginia, US | origins = | key_people = Adele Douglass, executive director | website = {{URL|https://certifiedhumane.org/}} | region_served = US | focus = Animal welfare, humane animal husbandry practices }}
'''Humane Farm Animal Care''' is a nonprofit organization<ref>[https://certifiedhumane.org/ Certified Humane - A Project of Humane Farm Animal Care]</ref> established to promote and administer its certification and labeling program, ''Certified Humane Raised & Handled'', for meat, dairy, eggs and poultry raised under its animal care standards in the US. It is governed by a board of directors and retains a scientific committee which includes scientists and veterinarians.<ref>[https://certifiedhumane.org/how-we-work/whoisbehind/ Who Is Behind Certified Humane - Certified Humane]</ref> The organization is endorsed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.<ref>[https://www.aspca.org/shopwithyourheart/consumer-resources/meat-eggs-and-dairy-label-guide Meat, Eggs and Dairy Label Guide | Help Farm Animals | ASPCA]</ref>
== History == Both the organization and the Certified Humane Raised & Handled program were founded in 2003, by Adele Douglass.<ref>[http://www.purposeprize.org/finalists/finalists2007/douglass.cfm The Purpose Prize.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314033921/http://www.purposeprize.org/finalists/finalists2007/douglass.cfm |date=March 14, 2008 }}</ref> In the late 1990s, Douglass had traveled to England to study a brand of farm products which advertised as derived from humanely raised animals.<ref>[http://www.purposeprize.org/finalists/finalists2007/douglass.cfm The Purpose Prize | Meet Adele Douglass<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314033921/http://www.purposeprize.org/finalists/finalists2007/douglass.cfm |date=March 14, 2008 }}</ref> Certified Humane was influenced by the RSPCA Assured scheme.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duncan |first1=Ian J. H. | last2=Hawkins |first2=Penny |date=2009 |title=The Welfare of Domestic Fowl and Other Captive Birds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhnYLcXA6MYC |publisher=Springer |page=292 |isbn=978-9048136506}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1= Steier |first1=Gabriela |last2= Patel |first2=Kiran K.|date=2017 |title= International Farm Animal, Wildlife and Food Safety Law |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueTeDQAAQBAJ |publisher=Springer |page=134 |isbn=978-3319180021}}</ref>
== Mission == Humane Farm Animal Care's mission is "improving the lives of farm animals in food production from birth through slaughter."<ref>[http://www.certifiedhumane.org/ Welcome to Certified Humane Raised & Handled<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== "Certified Humane Raised and Handled" program == The certification program requires the inspection of aspects of production, including raising of live animals, slaughter and the processing/packaging of animal products, to ensure the authenticity of the Certified Humane Raised & Handled label. The program provides documents detailing certification program requirements and specifications, as well as standards for animal care and slaughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://certifiedhumane.org/how-we-work/our-standards/|title=Our Standards}}</ref> The program is ISO Guide 65 accredited (the USDA is the accrediting agency in the US).<ref name="Reynnells">{{cite book |editor1-last=Reynnells |editor1-first=Richard D. |title=Proactive Approaches to Controversial Welfare and Ethical Concerns in Poultry Science |date=2007 |publisher=USDA |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGGHaHEs5DoC&q=Humane+Farm+Animal+Care+iso+65&pg=PA7}}</ref>
HFAC says that its label "creates a win-win-win situation for retailers, producers, and consumers." Animal rights philosopher Gary L. Francione criticizes this as promoting the idea "that animal interests should be protected if and only if there is an economic benefit for humans in doing so". Francione says that "linking animal welfare with efficient exploitation is inconsistent with the recognition of the inherent value of nonhumans" and connects the label with broader trends in the animal movement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Francione |first1=Gary Lawrence |title=Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation |date=2008 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-13950-2 |pages=126–127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ME-rAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |access-date=7 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also == * American Humane Certified
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Animal welfare}}
Category:2003 establishments in Virginia Category:Animal welfare organizations based in the United States Category:Non-profit organizations based in Virginia