VION invests in innovative animal welfare projects

Animal welfare is one of the themes that get plenty of attention from VION. We continue to raise our standards time and again and to initiate innovative projects. Cooperation with livestock farmers in our three home markets - the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom - will result in higher animal welfare standards. Although our actions are based on European regulations, we link up with livestock farmers to pick up signals from the market and society and translate them into innovative forms of animal farming.

Slaughteries: animal welfare officers

Animal welfare officers, who ensure that animals are handled correctly from the moment they arrive until when they are stunned, work in all VION slaughterhouses as a proactive means of fulfilling VION’s own responsibility in respect of animal welfare. These officers are trained by scientists from Bristol University and receive periodical training updates to enable them to work on the basis of the latest scientific insights.