MeatingPlace.com: PM Beef Receives Certified Humane Label Approval

Meatingplace.com
By Ann Bagel Storck

PM Beef Holdings LLC, a premium specialty beef processor based in Windom, Minn., has been approved to use the Certified Humane Raised and Handled label on its products, according to Humane Farm Animal Care, the organization behind the label.

PM Beef’s product lines include “Nature’s Pride All Natural Program”, “Preferred Stock Angus Beef” and “PM Quality Angus Beef.” The processor supplies customers including Heinen’s, Knowlan’s, Food Lion, Hy-Vee, Ukrop’s, Heartland Farms and Tesco’s Fresh & Easy with boxed and case-ready beef.

The Certified Humane Raised and Handled label aims to assure consumers that a meat, poultry, egg or dairy product has been produced according to precise standards for humane farm animal treatment. Animals must receive a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones and must be raised with shelter, resting areas and space sufficient to support natural behavior. Compliance with the standards is verified through annual on-site visits by third-party inspectors.

HFAC is a national nonprofit group supported by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Humane Society of the United States and regional and local animal protection organizations, foundations and individuals.