ISO/TS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 34700 First edition 2016-12-01 Animal welfare management General requirements and guidance for organizations in the food supply chain Gestion du bien-étre animal - Exigences genérales et orientations pour les organisations des filieres alimentaires Reference number ISO/TS 34700:2016(E) ISO International Organization for Standardization @IS02016 nitted without license from IHS IS0/TS 34700:2016(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org HS und networking permited without license from IHS IS0/TS 34700:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Main principles in developing an animal welfare plan 5 Developing an animal welfare plan .4 5.1 General 4 5.2 Step 1 - Identification of gaps. ..4 5.2.1 General. .4 5.2.2 Identification of relevant documents 5.2.3 Methodology for the identification of gaps .5 5.3 Step 2 - Drafting of the animal welfare plan .5 5.4 Step 3 - Implementation of the animal welfare plan 6 5.5 Step 4 - -Evaluationandreview 7 AnnexA(informative)Animalwelfarethresholdsforanimal-basedmeasures 8 iii vithout license from IHS