ANIMAL LAW I DROIT ANIMALIER I DERECHO ANIMAL
How to Make Constructive Changes in Big Corporations Temple Grandin Temple Grandin sait comment améliorer les normes
de bien-être animal dans l’industrie de l’élevage. Ayant travaillé pour McDonald’s Corporation, Wendy’s International et Burger King, elle décrit l’importance d’un audit de bienêtre à l’aide d’un système d’évaluation simple qui surveille les comportements allant de la typologie des cris du bétail à l’efficacité de l’étourdissement, et elle explique que le fait d’avoir amené les dirigeants et les avocats à observer ce qui se passait sur le terrain a incité les grandes entreprises à ne plus collaborer avec les fournisseurs incapables de respecter les normes d’audit et de bien-être. Elle décrit également l’importance pour les entreprises de publier leurs efforts positifs sur leur site Web.
Introduction Large corporations, who use their tremendous buying power wisely, can bring about great constructive improvements in how animals are treated. In my work, I have advised large companies on animal welfare. A program I introduced at McDonald’s Corporation and Wendy’s International was successful because it had a simple to understand assessment method, and upper management fully supported it. The assessment method was also cost effective and very objective, and it provided clear guidance on what were acceptable and unacceptable practices. I have worked in the livestock industry for almost 50 years, and I have served as a consultant on livestock and poultry welfare for almost every U.S. meat company. For the first half of my career, I designed equipment to improve handling of cattle and pigs. My approach at that time was to correct problems with poor animal treatment with engineering and equipment design. Engineering can solve some problems, but it does not replace good management. In 1999, I began working with McDonald’s Corporation, Wendy’s International, and Burger King to improve their programs of inspecting beef, pork, and poultry processing
Temple Grandin sabe cómo mejorar los estándares de bienestar animal en la industria ganadera. Después de haber trabajado para McDonald’s Corporation, Wendy’s International y Burger King, describe la importancia de una auditoría de bienestar utilizando un sistema de evaluación simple que monitorea los comportamientos que van desde la tipología de los gritos del ganado hasta la efectividad del aturdimiento, y explica el hecho de haber llevado a líderes y abogados a observar lo que sucedía en el terreno incitó a las grandes empresas a dejar de colaborar con los proveedores de la lista que no podían cumplir con las normas de auditoría y de bienestar. También describe la importancia de que las corporaciones publiquen sus esfuerzos positivos en sus sitios web. plants to ensure high standards of animal welfare. I provided them many ways to improve their programs. They included an easy to implement simple assessment tool, with simple steps that were cost-effective, and the use of objective tools. These programs were effective because I used a very simple assessment system that I had originally developed for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), along with the Food Safety and Inspective Service (FSIS) and the American Meat Institute (AMI). The scoring system measured outcomes of bad practices. For example, most of the problems with poor stunning that failed to render cattle instantly unconscious were due to poor equipment maintenance. The audits forced plant management to supervise employees and to repair equipment they already had. All three of these companies hired me to train their auditors to perform the welfare audits. During 1999, I observed more improvements in animal handling and stunning than I had seen in my entire career. Big buyers have the power to bring about rapid improvements when they enforce standards both within their company and from their suppliers. Another reason the program I implemented was effective was that it was relatively
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