Today, concerns about the quality and safety of the food items you serve your family are valid, as frequent headlines and product recalls prove. The American Humane Certified program exists to provide you the comfort of knowing that products carrying the Certified label not only meet high quality standards but were also produced with the welfare of farm animals in mind each step of the process.

The Certified program gives you choice – and power. Because by purchasing and requesting American Humane Certified products, you support the efforts of producers who have made caring treatment of farm animals the highest priority.

Here are three simple things you can do to improve the lives of the billions of farm animals in the United States:

1. Buy American Humane Certified products whenever you see our label on meat, eggs and dairy products.

The power of the pocketbook will show your interest in humanely raised products and encourage more producers and grocers to adopt the American Humane Certified standards of animal care and protection.

2. Encourage your grocer and local restaurants to carry products with the American Humane Certified logo.

If you are not able to find American Humane Certified products on your grocer’s shelves, ask your grocer to carry them. Also, let restaurants know that you prefer American Humane Certified products.

3. Tell everyone you know that they can help farm animals simply by choosing the right products.

Commit to tell five people about the American Humane Certified program, and then ask them to do the same. A very important way we can improve the lives of farm animals is to find people who are willing to look for and buy American Humane Certified foods. When more people seek out American Humane Certified products, more animals will be helped and more producers, retailers and restaurants will see the value of products that are raised with The Humane Touch.