Animal Welfare & Breeding

Our animal welfare & breeding policies

We respect and protect the fundamental freedoms of animals throughout the production process to keep our ethical commitment to animal welfare.

Animal Welfare Report of JBS

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Five fundamental
animal freedoms

Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury or disease
Freedom to express normal behavior
Freedom from fear and distress

The commitment to ensuring animal welfare is among the priorities of JBS’ global agenda, respecting the demands of customers, consumers and society, and also the precepts of valuing life. The Company’s operations are benchmarked to best practices and, are in line with the five fundamental freedoms of animals, as defined by the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC). The Company creates partnerships with producers around the world to ensure they abide by this agenda, while also maintaining specialized species-specific teams that adopt constantly revised techniques and encourage producers to provide the animals with the best treatment possible.

At all processing units, multidisciplinary teams are responsible for ensuring compliance with the policies and procedures required by animal welfare programs. Any violations of the Company’s Animal Welfare Program (Programa de Bem-Estar Animal) by team members or suppliers may result in disciplinary processes that could lead to termination of employment or contracts with suppliers.

All operations comply with local laws and technical standards, as well as the principles of animal freedom and humane slaughter. For commercial reasons, the company adopts religious guidelines that respect the cultural characteristics and diversity of the markets in which it operates.

Our Chicken
Farms

Grandparent’s Farm

The chicken that arrives at our table is part of the third generation of a supersized lineage. Her story begins here with her grandparents, who come from Brazil as well as from the United States and England.

Incubator

The eggs of the grandparent chicken are taken to the incubator, where they will remain in an environment with a similar temperature and humidity, to the nests of the hatching chickens.
So, they will born naturally.

Brooding Farms

The grandparent chickens produce birds called parentes hens, the chicken’s “parents”. They are raised on this farm until they reach their fertile age.

Food Factories

All pellets provided for grandmothers, parents, and chickens are produced in-house. The food is composed of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins to meet all the growth, maintenance, and health needs of the animals.

Reproduction Farm

When they reach theur fertuke age, the chickens are received here, where they mate. Then eheir eggs are placed in incubators similar to those of the grandparent chickens. After birth, the chicks, are sent to the next farm.

Broiler Farms

The chicks arrive at SEARA’s partner farms when they are one day old and are raised in the best conditions of animal welfare and nutrition.

Refrigeration and Industrialization

When it reaches the stage of industrialization, the chicken meat is prepared for consumption.