Animal Care & Handling Conference
October
17-18, 2019
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO
Thursday, October 17, 2019
- 6:45 – 7:45 am
- Pre-Conference Sessions
- 8:00 – 8:05 am
- Welcome and
Introductions
Jason McAlister, Director of Animal Welfare, Triumph Foods
Ashley Lembke, Director of QA & Food Safety, American Foods Group, NAMI Animal Welfare Committee Co-Chairs - 8:05 – 8:20 am
- Trust in Animal
Protein
Eric Mittenthal, Vice President of Sustainability, NAMI - 8:20 – 9:20 am
- The Architecture
of Stories That Change Hearts and Minds
Vance Crowe, Communications Strategist, Articulate Ventures, LLC - 9:20 – 10:15 am
- Understanding
Customer Needs in Animal Welfare
Paige Hartley, Director, Total Quality, Darden Restaurants - 10:30 – 11:30 am
- The Five
Freedoms: Where Are We Today?
Cassandra Tucker, PhD, Professor, Director of the Center for Animal Welfare, Department of Animal Science, University of California - 11:30 – 12:00 pm
- FAQ: NAMI’s
Animal Handling Guidelines
Panelists: Paula Alexander, Animal Welfare Manager, Tyson Foods,
Jason McAlister, Triumph Foods, Jennifer Woods, Owner, J. Woods Livestock Services
Moderator: Tiffany Lee, DVM, Ph.D., Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, NAMI - 1:30 – 2:00 pm
- FSIS Policy and
Enforcement Update
Dr. Quita Bowman-Blackwell, Humane Handling Enforcement Coordinator, Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA - 2:00 – 3:00 pm
- Tips for
Addressing Regulatory Actions for Animal
Welfare
Roya Galindo, Director, Regulatory Services, NAMI and Tiffany Lee, NAMI
Panelists: Duane Eichenlaub, Quality Assurance Manager, Nicholas Meat LLC,
Jason McAlister, Triumph Foods, Brenden McCullough, VP Technical Services, National Beef Packing - 3:15 – 5:15 pm
- Concurrent Sessions
| Beef and Pork Track | Poultry Track |
|---|---|
| The ABCs of Animal Handling
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Grandin Livestock Handling Systems, Colorado State University |
The ABCs of Poultry Handling
Dallas Wynn, Sr. Manager of Animal Wellbeing, Tyson Foods |
| Pork and Beef Track | Management Track | Poultry Track |
|---|---|---|
| 3:15- 4:30 pm Stunning and Determining Insensibility Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Grandin Livestock Handling Systems, Colorado State University |
3:15 – 4:15 pm Creating and Implementing a Robust Systematic Approach Rob Elder, Sr. Director FSQA/Regulatory Compliance, Seaboard Triumph Foods Ashley Lembke, American Foods Group |
3:15 – 4:00 pm Controlled Atmosphere Stunning for Poultry Processing Dianna Bourassa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist, Poultry Processing, Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University |
| 4:30 – 5:15 pm Stunner Maintenance and Demonstration Chuck Bildstein, Product Specialist, Bunzl | 4:15-5:15
pm Conducting Internal Audits on Your Robust Systematic Approach Lacey Alexander, North American Beef Welfare Lead, Cargill, Jennifer Woods, J. Woods Livestock Services |
4:00 – 4:45 pm Implementing an Internal Audit Program in Poultry Processing Kathleen Long, Vice President, Animal Care, Maple Leaf Foods |
| 4:45- 5:15 pm Hot Topics in Poultry Welfare: Enrichments, Lighting, and Slow Growing Breeds Chantal LeBlanc, Senior Specialist, Animal Welfare, Maple Leaf Foods |
Friday, October 18, 2019
- 8:00 – 9:00 am
- NAMI Member
Bullet Session: Advances in Animal
Handling
- Bruise Detection in cows with Infrared Thermography, Ashlynn Kirk, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
- Captive Bolt Stunning Location and Tissue Measurements in Pigs, Karly Anderson, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
- Air Prod Solution, Jeremy Burr, Plant Slaughter Manager, Cargill
- Escaped Cattle Solution, Sammy Renteria, Plant General Manager,Cargill
- Animat Flooring in Lairage, Paula Alexander, Manager, Animal Welfare, Tyson
- Using Brushes in Lairage for Enrichment,, Paula Alexander, Manager, Animal Welfare, Tyson
- 9:15 – 10:45 am
- Concurrent Sessions
- 11:00 – 12:00 am
- Communicating
with Producers and Livestock Markets for
Continuous Improvement in Animal Welfare
Kristen Parman, Vice President Membership Services, Livestock Marketing Association and Josh White, Executive Director, Producer Education, NCBA
| Transportation Track | Management Track |
|---|---|
| 9:15 – 9:45 am Canada's Health of Animals Regulations (HAR) Transportation Update Jennifer Woods, J. Woods Livestock Services |
9:15 – 10:45 am Fact or Fiction: Lessons in Animal Behavior and Handling Lily Edwards-Callaway, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University Kurt Vogel, Associate Professor, Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin River Falls Chuck Bildstein, Product Specialist, Bunzl |
| 9:45 – 10:45 am Transportation Initiatives: Successes and Challenges Loren Fruhwirth, National Sales Manager, Merritt Trailers Courtney Daigle, Assistant Professor, Animal Welfare, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Bryan Hay, Senior Manager, Hog Logistics & Animal Welfare, Maple Leaf Foods Jeff Hill, Animal Welfare Specialist, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions |