Introduction (food businesses)

As consumer awareness of farm animal welfare continues to rise, food businesses are increasingly expected to ensure ethical sourcing practices. Our database, based on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) comprehensive research, provides essential insights into welfare hazards, their consequences, and animal-based indicators. This information enables food businesses—processors, supermarkets, restaurants, and bars—to make informed decisions about their supply chains, ensuring that animal welfare standards are upheld and enhancing their reputation for responsible sourcing. For food businesses, the identification of reliable welfare indicators is critical to ensuring ethical sourcing and maintaining consumer trust. These metrics enable businesses to assess and verify the welfare conditions of animals within their supply chains. By utilizing these indicators, food processors, supermarkets, restaurants, and bars can make informed sourcing decisions, demonstrate their commitment to animal welfare, and enhance their brand reputation. This commitment not only meets growing consumer expectations but also aligns with corporate social responsibility goals.

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Animalia stands as the primary knowledge and development centre for meat and egg production in Norway. It is an industry-neutral organisation that provides Norwegian farmers and the entire Norwegian meat and egg industry with knowledge and expertise through livestock recording systems and animal health services, mission-critical technical systems, research and development projects, e-learning and training, communication, and other knowledge dissemination initiatives (more).

Cerebrus provides a bridge between cutting-edge research and practical application. It connects academic insights in animal welfare with real-world solutions, helping clients across the agri-food sector (including food businesses, NGOs, and policymakers) transform research into action. Cerebrus’ expert consultancy empowers clients to understand, implement, and leverage the value of research, driving progress and promoting best practices in animal welfare throughout the food supply chain (more).

works with some of the world’s largest companies on managing business risks and opportunities related to social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and related issues, with a particular specialisation in farm animal welfare. Chronos has strong relationships with specialist NGOs, technical experts and other organizations active on these issues. Across its networks, Chronos provides expert guidance and specialist knowledge and skills to developing robust and credible management frameworks and data analyses that are widely respected by corporate, NGO and investor organizations (more).