National Pork Board Updates Transport Quality Assurance Program
Staying current on transportation trends requires continuous evaluation and commitment. That’s why the National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, made revisions to its Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) program. The Pork Checkoff's enhanced TQA curriculum not only focuses on safe handling, but also emerging diseases such as PEDV and biosecurity.
"Consumers are hungry for information on how their pork is raised—from the farm to the table," says Sherrie Webb, animal welfare director. "That need for information is about more than what happens on the farm and extends to how that animal is safely and humanely transported from farm to market. That's why keeping current on transportation trends is so critical."