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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |