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International Animal Welfare Standard Setting: OIE and ISO

International Animal Welfare Standard Setting: OIE and ISO. Betsy Flores Vice President Animal Care National Milk Producers Federation April 2, 2014. Animal Welfare Standards. Government Regulation EU Industry Standards/Guidelines US Private Standards and Certifications

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International Animal Welfare Standard Setting: OIE and ISO

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  1. International Animal Welfare Standard Setting: OIE and ISO Betsy Flores Vice President Animal Care National Milk Producers Federation April 2, 2014

  2. Animal Welfare Standards • Government Regulation • EU • Industry Standards/Guidelines • US • Private Standards and Certifications • Validus, American Humane

  3. OIE Animal Welfare Standards • General Principles • Transport • Slaughter • Killing of animals for disease purposes • Beef Cattle • Broiler Chickens

  4. OIE Standards in Development • Standards being drafted • Dairy • Expected completion 2015 • Standards in pipeline • Pork • Layers

  5. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 34 (TC34) Animal Welfare Working Group 16 (WG16)

  6. ISO Infrastructure Overview • The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies. The work of preparing international standards is usually carried out through ISO technical committees. • The United States is a member of ISO through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), whose mission is to enhance the global competitiveness of US business by promoting voluntary consensus standards. • The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) is a member of ANSI and acts as the administrator to the Animal Welfare WG 16.

  7. ISO Infrastructure Continued… • TC34 is the ISO technical committee for food • WG16 is the working group of TC34 dealing with animal welfare. • The US TAG is the United States Technical Advisory Group, administered by AOCS • Each Country has it’s own TAG

  8. TC34 WG16 Formation… • 2011 Memorandum of Understand (MOU) struck between OIE & ISO • ISO not to exceed OIE • Work within the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Chapter 7 • Safe Supply for Affordable Food Everywhere (SSAFE) approached ISO to work on animal welfare • Cargill, McDonald’s, Nestle Purina Petcare, Keystone Foods, Coca-Cola Company, Zoetis and Danone

  9. WG16 Background… • August 2012 WG16 call for participation • Should work move forward? • US votes “NO” • US outvoted, work progresses • Dr. Francois Gary with SSAFE appointed Convener • October 2012 meeting in Paris, France • February 2013 meeting in Paris, France • June 2013 web meeting (Webex) • July 2013 NWIP sent to TC34 for vote

  10. October 2012 Meeting, Paris • 9 countries participated and 3 liaison organizations • Decided draft animal welfare standards would be formed • Convened a drafting committee • IDF, HSUS, USDA, RSPCA, SSAFE • Completed draft caused outcry from all countries

  11. February 2013 Meeting, Paris • 9 countries participated and 7 liaison organizations • Draft document from October meeting was thrown out • Drafting committee to create an outline • Outline was sent out for comment and voted on during June Webex meeting • Outline was to be submitted back to TC34 as a New Work Item Proposal (NWIP)

  12. June 2013 Meeting, Webex • The outline from February was thrown out • Supported by Denmark & UK • ISO asked if work should continue? • US voted “NO” • US outvoted, July 2013 NWIP submitted to TC34 • TC34 vote on NWIP was to continue work • US voted “yes”

  13. Next Steps • May 23rd meeting of WG16 • Agenda • Impact Study results • Composition of the drafting group • Proposed calendar for 2014-2015

  14. Domestic Issues: the US TAG… • Poor facilitation through AOCS • Severe lack of transparency • 78 participants • Varying opinions lead to little and unhelpful consensus

  15. Wrap Up… • 1 year of work • No tangible outcome • Against a European and extremist agenda • Successful • Disputes on US TAG • Sustained compliance with OIE

  16. Questions? For more information contact: Betsy Flores bflores@nmpf.org 703-469-2372

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