ICOS Calf Welfare Charter & FAWAC/DAFM Calf Welfare Guidelines
As an active member of ICOS, Glanbia Ireland has adopted the ICOS Calf Welfare Charter. This charter sets out key principles, which the entire industry will abide by, to ensure that the highest possible welfare standards apply to all calves produced on Irish dairy farms.
FAWAC (Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council) recently published its Calf welfare guidelines to which GI’s Dairy calf management guidelines are fully aligned. A Calf Welfare Programme will be developed between DAFM and the broader industry stakeholders, to give effect to the Charter.
The terms of the ICOS Calf Welfare Charter
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The terms of the ICOS Calf Welfare Charter already form part of GI’s milk purchasing policies and are reflected in several programmes offered by GI in support of our milk supplying herds.
Through our Dairy Calf Management Guidelines, the GAIN Dairy Heifer Rearing Programme and the GI/Kepak Twenty/20 Beef Club, Glanbia Ireland promotes best practice calf husbandry protocols. These initiatives demonstrate Glanbia Ireland’s leadership in advancing calf welfare and our continued drive for further adoption of the highest standards in calf husbandry.