Animal welfare certification and digitised milk collection via implementation of a ‘Milk Trace’ app on the Android OS platform – these are just a few innovations to have recently come out of DalterFood Group, which continues to invest in the certification of its PDO Parmigiano Reggiano supply chain to ensure that high standards prevail. 

The projects involved the cheese factories located at Canossa (Reg. No. 417) and Cigarello (Reg. No. 320) – the biggest mountain cheese factory in the area.

Important recognition in Animal Welfare

DalterFood Group has been awarded voluntary supply chain certification for animal welfare, following the protocol created by the CReNBA, the Italian National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare. Given the lack of a European animal welfare standard, the assessment handbooks for dairy cattle welfare produced by the CReNBA form the reference document in Italy for this subject.

To be awarded this voluntary certification, which proves the use of milk from cowsheds that comply with animal welfare requirements, the farms selected by DalterFood Group had to pass an exam covering four macro-areas of their business: company and staff management, facilities and equipment, animal living conditions at livestock farms, and biosafety.

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