Erika L. Voogd has benefitted from 16 years of classroom and on site training, worldwide, with experts such asDr. Temple Grandin, Animal Welfare and Humane Handling specialist.www.grandin.com
As a member of the AMI (American Meat Institute) Animal Welfare Committee, 1999 to 2007, Erika L. Voogd assisted in the planning, development and implementation of the annual AMI Animal Care and Handling Conference. As a speaker at several of AMI's Animal Care and Handling Conferences, Ms. Voogd has presented on the following subjects: AMI Pork Audit Guidelines, Best Practices for Beef and Pork Plants and Guidelines for Ritual Slaughter.www.animalhandling.org