At Noel, we are highly concerned about animal welfare, integrity and traceability throughout the food chain. That is why we have voluntarily adopted specific measures that go above and beyond the legal standards required. Additionally, control and external auditing systems are implemented throughout the entire process.
Our commitment to animal welfare takes form through our compliance with current law* in all phases of production, including farms, transport and abattoirs.
Obtaining the Welfair® certification is based on the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare, from which 12 specific criteria are established that are evaluated through the direct observation of our animals.
However, in our opinion, these measures do not go far enough. At Noel, we want to go above and beyond, so at some of our farms we apply additional measures to bolster our commitment to animal welfare:
Additionally, we integrate animal welfare throughout the food chain, from the farm to the abattoir, guaranteeing traceability at all times, right to final product.
This means having thorough control of all of the processes, from rearing and fattening to transport, slaughter, processing, distribution and finally, the sale
At NOEL we have attained the Animal Welfare certificate AENOR Conform, based on the European standards Welfare Quality and Awin®, Europe’s leading benchmark in Animal Welfare.
Freedom from
hunger and thirst
Freedom from
discomfort
Freedom from pain,
injury and disease
Freedom from
fear and distress
Freedom to express
normal behaviours
*Royal Decree 348/2000, Royal Decree 1135/2002, Regulation (EC) 1/2005, Royal Decree 542/2016, European Regulation No. 1099/2009 of the European Parliament and Council, Royal Decree 37/2014, General Regulation for IRTA Standardised Certification in Animal Welfare “based on Welfare Quality® and AWIN®”.