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Assurance Scheme Standards
Codes of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock
On-Farm Welfare
Hatchery Welfare
Farm Animal Welfare Council Reports
Biosecurity and Disease Control
Environment
Legislation – Animal Welfare
Veterinary Medicine and Vaccines
Health & Safety
Codes of Practice – Egg Production
Links

Assurance Scheme Standards

Assured Chicken Production Standards - Broiler

Assured Chicken Production Standards - Rearing

Assured Chicken Production Standards - Laying

Assured Chicken Production Standards - Free-range

Assured Chicken Production Standards - Hatchery

Quality British Turkey Standards - Farming

Quality British Turkey Standards - Processing

RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards - Chicken

RSPCA Freedom Foods standards - Hatcheries

RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards - Turkey

RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards - Duck

RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards - Laying Hens and Pullets

Codes of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock

Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens

Interim Guidance for keepers of conventionally reared meat chickens

Laying Hens

Turkeys

Ducks

On-Farm Welfare

Fire Fires – Protecting Farm Animal Welfare

Heat Stress in Poultry – Solving the Problem

A Guide to the Practical Management of Feather Pecking and Cannibalism in Free Range Laying Hens

The Welfare of Hens in Free Range Systems

Poultry Litter Management

Emergencies on Livestock Farms

Hatchery Welfare

HSA Code of Practice for the Disposal of chicks in Hatcheries (Available to purchase from the HSA)

Farm Animal Welfare Council Reports

FAWC Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter and Killing: Part Two White Meat Animals

Report on the Welfare of Turkeys

Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens

Report on the Welfare of Broiler Breeders

Biosecurity and Disease Control

Code of practice for prevention of rodent infestations in poultry flocks

Guide to the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order 2007 and the National Control Programme for Salmonella in Breeding Flocks

Guide to National Control Programme for Salmonella in Laying Flocks

Guide to National Control Programme for Salmonella in Broiler Flocks

Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Chickens Reared for Meat

Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries

Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Commercial Egg Laying Flocks

Code of Practice for the Control of Salmonella during the storage, handling and transport of raw materials intended for the incorporation into or direct use as, animal feedingstuffs

Environment

Protecting Our Water, Soil and Air – A Code of Good Agricultural Practice for Farmers, Growers and Land Managers

Legislation – Animal Welfare

The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2010

The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2010 (Guide Notes)

The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995

The Animal Welfare Act 2006

Veterinary Medicine and Vaccines

RUMA – Responsible Use of Antimicrobials in Poultry Production

RUMA – Responsible Use of Vaccines and Vaccinations in
Poultry Production

VMD – Code of Practice on the Responsible Use of Animal Medicines on
the Farm

HSE – Veterinary Medicines: Safe use by Farmers and Other Animal
Handlers

Health & Safety

Safe use of rodenticides on farms and holdings

Pesticides – Use them safely

Codes of Practice – Egg Production

Code of Practice for the handling and storage of eggs from farm
to retail sale

Links

Defra

FAWC

NFU

Assured chicken

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