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Tyson forms animal wellbeing advisory board
Story Date: 5/20/2013
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 5/17/13
Tyson Foods has created an independent Farm Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel for its FarmCheck program, the company announced Thursday.
The panel will help set research priorities and suggest ways to improve Tyson's FarmCheck audit program.
Members of the panel include:
Ryan Best, 2011-2012 president, Future Farmers of America
Anne Burkholder, cattle feedlot owner
Ed Cooney, executive director of the Congressional Hunger Center
Gail Golab, Ph.D., DVM, director of American Veterinary Medical Association’s Animal Welfare Division
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal science, Colorado State University
Karl Guggenmos, dean of culinary education, Johnson & Wales University
Tim Loula, DVM, co-founder and co-owner of Swine Vet Center in St. Peter, Minnesota
Miyun Park, executive director, Global Animal Partnership
Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs, National Chicken Council
Richard Raymond, M.D., former U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Food Safety
Janeen Salak-Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor in Animal Sciences, University of Illinois
Janice Swanson, Ph.D., chair and professor, Animal Behavior and Welfare, Michigan State University
Bruce Webster, Ph.D., professor of poultry science, University of Georgia
Tyson noted that participation in the advisory board does not constitute not a public endorsement of the FarmCheck program, Tyson Foods or any specific animal well-being program.
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