History and Evolution

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History and Evolution

• 1989 Pork Quality Assurance (PQA)
• 2003 Swine Welfare Assurance Program (SWAP)
• 2005 - Coalition Discovery Team
• 2007 PQA Plus released
• 2010 full PQA Plus implementation

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Program Objectives

• Continuous improvement in pork production
  practices
• Demonstrate that pork producers are accountable
  for the way we produce pork

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Development

• Animal Welfare Committee
• Academics
• Producers
• Allied Industry
• 3rd Party Review
• Academics chosen by Coalition Discovery Team

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Infrastructure

• Trainers 84
• Advisors 947
• Be a veterinarian, Extension Specialist or Ag
  Educator1.
• Have a D.V.M. or B.S. or equivalent experience in
  Animal Science or associated field3.
• Have two years of recent, documentable swine
  production experience3.
• Former PQA Educators or Certified SWAP Educators
  are not grandfathered into PQA Plus.

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PQA Plus

• Producer Certification
• Site Status
• Third Party Verification

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PQA Plus Producer Education

• Two main elements
• Food Safety
• Animal Well Being
• Producer Certification
• 54,257 PQA Plus individuals

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Site Assessment

• Well-Being Assessment
• Animal observation
• Facilities
• Recordkeeping
• Site Status 3,817

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3rd Party Verification

• The goal is to measure the effectiveness of the
  welfare assurance system/program, not to find
  farms not in compliance.
• Randomly select a statistical stratified sample
  of farms to include in the evaluation
• Pork Checkoff will pay for 3rd party verification

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PQA Plus 3rd Party Verification
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• Training Structure
• Certifications
• 16,517

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Enhancements with Version 3 TQA

• Name
• From Trucker Quality Assurance to Transport
  Quality Assurance
• Content
• Multi-phase, not just market hogs
• Worker safety
• Biosecurity additions
• Emergency response enhancements
• Facilitation introduction
• Delivery
• Online training available for current Instructors
• Terms
• From Instructor to Advisor
• TQA certified individual TQA Handler

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