See the details in our Company Stewardship Report.
Treating animals with respect means going beyond the minimum to keep animals healthy and to produce safe food. We view animal care as a journey of continuous improvement, evolving with advancements in animal husbandry and behavior, consumer questions and public concerns. This responsibility stretches across all of our raising programs and is shared by the farm families we trust to raise animals for us.
Our programs are designed so that we can raise animals in a reduced-stress environment where we don’t need to rely on human or animal antibiotics to keep them healthy, and we never use drugs for growth promotion or artificial growth promoters.
As part of its commitment to continuous improvement in animal care and welfare, Perdue Farms announced the following 10 new animal care initiatives for 2024.
100%of chickens, turkeys, hogs, cows and sheep are raised under no-antibiotics-ever protocols
100%of hog, cattle and lamb production are raised under third-party verified humane animal care
100%of animals are raised under documented responsible care protocols
100%of animals are
pre-harvest stunned
100%of raised turkeys and hogs are controlled atmosphere stunned
100%of farmers and associates handling live animals receive welfare training
55%of poultry houses have windows
37%of poultry have
enrichments
27%of poultry have
outdoor access
0growth-promoting
drugs
FREEToll-Free hotline number to report welfare violations
USDAProcess Verified Programs for
all poultry
Perdue Farms is committed to the avoidance of confinement through all species. As of July 2022:
At Perdue Farms, we recognize that providing animals with appropriate, species-specific environmental enrichments can improve their living conditions and help encourage their natural behaviors. As of July 2022:
Perdue Farms is committed to the routine avoidance of activities such as tail docking of pigs and cows, debeaking of chickens and toenail conditioning of turkeys. As of July 2022:
Our objective is to ensure that all animal species, including chicken, turkey, pork, beef, dairy cows, and lamb, are rendered insensible prior to being harvested. As of July 2022:
Travel times for all poultry and livestock are kept to a minimum and our goal is to not exceed eight hours. As of July 2022:
Our beef, lamb and pork programs are incorporating additional welfare outcome measurements, including a commitment to reduce lameness. Baselines, targeted improvements, and reporting will be established in the coming year.
*All species raised and sourced for Perdue Farms brands.
As part of our pledge "to be transparent in our programs, goal and progresses," we committed to share key animal care metrics, openly criticize ourselves when appropriate, and honestly and respectfully answer those who constructively criticize us.
Learn about the steps we're taking to reach our goal of becoming the most trusted name in food and agricultural products.