Key aspects of MHP Animal Welfare Policy: antibiotic reduction strategy as antibiotics can be part of the therapy under the stewardship of the state veterinarians only; floor rearing with no use of caged systems; providing an environment to meet animals natural needs; preventing the use of equipment and inventory that may injure animals when handling them; stocking densities are placed to EU animal welfare standards; provision of veterinary care only by persons with the relevant professional qualifications; ban on use of anesthetics and/or analgesics and prohibition of all surgical interventions; protecting animals against adverse influence during their transportation (very short transport time); slaughter using only methods that eliviate the suffering of animals; correct spacing of poultry, use of appropriate and approved lighting and equipment; using the genetics only from the two world leaders committed to the best animal welfare practices; prohibition on the use of antimicrobial agents recognised by the WHO as critical to human medicine and reduction in the use of antimicrobial agents, in accordance with which a strategy has been implemented to generally avoid the use of antimicrobial agents; prohibiting the use of any growth promoters; use state-of-the-art technologies with ability to monitor animals conditions fostering humane treatment of animals among employees, partners, customers and other stakeholders.