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How do RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards compare with the law?

The RSPCA’s Approved Farming Scheme standards go beyond legal requirements. See what the RSPCA’s animal welfare standards mean for each animal, an...

Are the RSPCA’s standards the highest possible?

Our standards set a higher level for animal welfare by aiming to provide some of Australia’s most intensively farmed animals with a better quality o...

Where can I see videos of farms with RSPCA Approved certification?

You can see what happens on the farms we certify, here....

How do you make sure brands marketing their products as RSPCA Approved are sourcing from the producers you work with?

Brands marketing products with the RSPCA Approved logo must have traceability systems in place to ensure these products are clearly identified, kept s...

What brands source from Producers who have the RSPCA Approved certification?

Australians are driving change for some of our country’s most intensively farmed animals, simply through their purchasing decisions. Companies that ...

How do you make sure Producers are adhering to the RSPCA’s detailed animal welfare Standard?

Producers who have RSPCA Approved certification have farms and abattoirs that are regularly assessed by an RSPCA Assessor to check that they are meeti...

What does the RSPCA Approved logo mean?

When you see the RSPCA Approved logo on a product in the supermarket or on a menu, you can be sure that the product or ingredient came from a Producer...

What is the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme?

The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification program focused on farm animal welfare. We work closely with prod...

What is the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme’s vision and mission?

The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme’s vision is a future of higher welfare farming. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for farmed animals. ...

How are pigs stunned before slaughter at abattoirs assessed as part of a producer’s RSPCA Approved certification?

Stunning prior to slaughter is legally required in many countries including Australia. It is intended to cause unconsciousness so that slaughter may b...

Is Halal and Kosher meat humane?

Pre-slaughter stunning is standard practice in the vast majority of Australian abattoirs producing halal-certified meat. But some halal and all kosher...

How can slaughter be considered humane?

The RSPCA believes that humane killing is: ‘when an animal is either killed instantly or rendered insensible until death ensues, without pain, suffe...