Special Report
PQA Plus effort nears 50,000 producer level
In 1989, pork producers developed the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) program, a producer education and certification program to reduce the risk of violative animal health product residues in pork. In 2007, PQA evolved into PQA Plus to reflect increasing customer and consumer interest in the way food animals are raised. On Wednesday at World Pork Expo, the National Pork Board announced that nearly 50-thousand producers have become PQA Plus certified, representing about 60 percent of the nation’s hogs. We discussed the PQA Plus effort with National Pork Board president Tim Bierman of Larabee, Iowa.
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