The work of our Global Animal Health and Welfare team will continue as long as the science related to animal health and welfare continues to evolve. As the current work assigned to the three sub-teams is completed and deployed across our System, new initiatives will be assigned. Future sub-team work that has already been identified includes evaluating programs and industry standards related to on-farm initiatives, making certain they are continuously improving and reflect best practices.
Where appropriate, McDonald’s promotes animal health and welfare improvements throughout the food industry. For instance, McDonald’s Europe was a founding member of the European Animal Welfare Platform, a multi-stakeholder initiative that achieved broad consensus on key issues and best practices in beef and dairy, poultry and eggs, pork and fish. And our work with the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is integrating animal health and welfare standards into beef sustainability for the industry worldwide.