Dec 17, 2012
Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), a Herndon, Va.-based non-profit certification organization that aims to improve the lives of farm animals in food production, announced that all of Safeway’s brands of cage-free and organic eggs have earned the Certified Humane® designation. Pleasanton, Calif-based Safeway is the first major retailer in the United States to require all of their cage free and organic egg producers to become Certified Humane®.
HFAC said it has been working with Safeway since June of 2008, when Michael Talbott, one of the Safeway Supplier Quality Management team members, contacted the organization. Talbott had already conducted research on the standards and various other animal welfare certification programs prior to contacting HFAC. However, before Safeway chose the Certified Humane® program, Talbott did his due diligence and observed HFAC inspectors performing on-farm inspections and traceability inspectors conducting a plant inspection.
“The Certified Humane® program is the most robust, verifiable certification program,” Talbott said.
Talbott worked with Heather Thornsley from the Safeway sourcing team, HFAC added. As a senior sourcing manager, Thornsley is responsible for identifying suppliers and ultimately recommending the most capable, competitive suppliers to Safeway senior management that can meet the requirements set down by the quality management team.
“We at Safeway believed it was just the right thing to do,” Thornsley said.
Adele Douglass, HFAC’s Founder and CEO, commended Safeway for its commitment.
“All of their suppliers had to make the changes necessary to become certified,”she said. “As a result, they have had a major impact on improving the lives of millions of laying hens in the US. Safeway’s leadership is unparalleled within the retail food industry.”
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Posted: December 17, 2012 by Certified Humane
Dec 17, 2012
Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), a Herndon, Va.-based non-profit certification organization that aims to improve the lives of farm animals in food production, announced that all of Safeway’s brands of cage-free and organic eggs have earned the Certified Humane® designation. Pleasanton, Calif-based Safeway is the first major retailer in the United States to require all of their cage free and organic egg producers to become Certified Humane®.
HFAC said it has been working with Safeway since June of 2008, when Michael Talbott, one of the Safeway Supplier Quality Management team members, contacted the organization. Talbott had already conducted research on the standards and various other animal welfare certification programs prior to contacting HFAC. However, before Safeway chose the Certified Humane® program, Talbott did his due diligence and observed HFAC inspectors performing on-farm inspections and traceability inspectors conducting a plant inspection.
“The Certified Humane® program is the most robust, verifiable certification program,” Talbott said.
Talbott worked with Heather Thornsley from the Safeway sourcing team, HFAC added. As a senior sourcing manager, Thornsley is responsible for identifying suppliers and ultimately recommending the most capable, competitive suppliers to Safeway senior management that can meet the requirements set down by the quality management team.
“We at Safeway believed it was just the right thing to do,” Thornsley said.
Adele Douglass, HFAC’s Founder and CEO, commended Safeway for its commitment.
“All of their suppliers had to make the changes necessary to become certified,”she said. “As a result, they have had a major impact on improving the lives of millions of laying hens in the US. Safeway’s leadership is unparalleled within the retail food industry.”
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