Official Listing of Approved 

USDA ISO Technical Specification 34700

Animal Welfare Assessment Program

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Last Revised March 22, 2024 

Company Program Name Program Scope Approval Information

CL Strategies, LLC

dba CloverLeaf Animal Welfare 

Systems

3805 Oakland Avenue, Suite 101D

Saint Joseph, MO 64506 

Phone: (785) 313-3994

Contact: Lauren Davis

Email: lauren@cloverleafaws.com; 

info@cloverleafaws.com

Humane Handling Program Animal Welfare and Broiler Chicken

Production Systems; Animal 

Welfare and Pig Production 

Systems; Transport of Animals by 

Land; Introduction to the 

Recommendations for Animal 

Welfare

Slaughter of Animals – includes

slaughter plants for pigs, poultry, 

cattle, sheep, and goats.

Transport of Animals – includes pigs

and poultry. 

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

• QAD 1060B Animal Welfare 

and Broiler Chicken Production 

Systems Checklist

• QAD 1060H Transport of 

Animals by Land Checklist

• QAD 1060I General Animal 

Welfare Checklist

• QAD 1060J Animal Welfare 

and Pig Production Systems 

Checklist

• QAD 1060E Slaughter of 

Animals Checklist

Approval No. TS2034BAA

Effective Date: March 22, 2022 
Official Listing of Approved 

USDA ISO Technical Specification 34700

Animal Welfare Assessment Program

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Last Revised March 22, 2024 

Company Program Name Program Scope Approval Information

Danone North America

12002 Airport Way

Broomfield, CO 80021

Phone: (203) 501-0407

Contact: Paul Biagiotti

Email: paul.biagiotti@danone.com

Quality and Care Program Animal Welfare and Dairy Cattle 

Production Systems

• QAD 1060C Animal Welfare 

and Dairy Cattle Production 

Systems Checklist

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

Approval No. TS1027JSA

Effective Date: August 3, 2021

National Cattlemen’s Beef 

Association

9110 E. Nichols Avenue, Suite 300

Centennial, CO 80112

Phone: (303) 850-3389

Contact: Julia Herman

Email: jherman@beef.org

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)

Program

Youth for the Quality Care of 

Animals (YQCA)

Animal Welfare and Beef Cattle 

Production Systems

• QAD 1060D Animal Welfare 

and Beef Cattle Production 

Systems Checklist

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

Approval No. TS0031AJA

Effective Date: June 8, 2020

National Milk Producers 

Federation

2107 Wilson Blvd. Suite 600

Arlington, VA 22201

Phone: (703) 224-1381

Contact: Emily Yeiser Stepp

Email: eyeiserstepp@nmpf.org

National Dairy Farm Program Animal Welfare and Dairy Cattle 

Production Systems

• QAD 1060C Animal Welfare 

and Dairy Cattle Production 

Systems Checklist

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

Approval No. TS7286BAA

Effective Date: February 14, 2018 
Official Listing of Approved 

USDA ISO Technical Specification 34700

Animal Welfare Assessment Program

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Last Revised March 22, 2024 

Company Program Name Program Scope Approval Information

National Pork Board

1776 NW 114th Street

Des Moines, IA 50325

Phone: (515) 223-3534

Contact: Stephanie Wisdom

Email: swisdom@pork.org 

Pork Quality Assurance Plus

(PQA Plus) Program

Transport Quality Assurance 

(TQA) Program

Youth for the Quality Care of 

Animals (YQCA) Program

Animal Welfare and Pig Production 

Systems; Transport of Animals by 

Land; Introduction to the 

Recommendations for Animal 

Welfare

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

• QAD 1060H Transport of 

Animals by Land Checklist

• QAD 1060I General Animal 

Welfare Checklist

• QAD 1060J Animal Welfare 

and Pig Production Systems 

Checklist

Approval No. TS2215JSA

Effective Date: January 24, 2023

Validus Verification Services

A Division of Where Food Comes 

From, Inc.

3331 109th Street

Urbandale, IA 50322

Phone: (515) 278-8002

Contact: Matt Jones

Email:

jonesm@validusservices.com

Validus Animal Welfare ReviewDairy ProgramAnimal Welfare and Dairy Cattle 

Production Systems

• QAD 1060C Animal Welfare 

and Dairy Cattle Production 

Systems Checklist

• QAD 1060A ISO TS Animal 

Welfare Management Checklist

Approval No. TS8088NNA 

Effective Date: July 3, 2018