PB Leiner Argentina S.A – Grass-Fed Certified 0088-0049-01

Quality Certificate 0088-0049-01

PB Leiner Argentina S.A.

ATTRIBUTE SPECIFICATIONS:

• The cattle are raised outdoors on pasture or range 365 days per year with free access to fresh grass, air, land and water. The cattle are free-range, spending 100% of their lifetime on grass and pasture. Confinement for feeding purpose is forbidden unless weather conditions pose risks for the animals.
• The raw material is derived from cattle which has been grazing on fresh grasses all their lives since weaning. Stored forages and homemade plant-based silages are allowed but kept to a minimum, and they are only present in the last part of cattle’s lives. Industry feedlot is not allowed.
• With the exception of milk proteins and fat, the cattle are not fed with any feed that contains animal proteins (e.g. meat meals, bones, blood and fat from mammals). The cattle did not receive any poultry litter as part of their diet.
• The cattle are continuously subject to official veterinary supervision.
• The cattle does not receive any anabolic steroids and/or synthetic drugs, antimicrobial substances such as growth promoters including hormones.
• Only under veterinarian’s prescriptions, the cattle can receive some medications (antiparasitics antibiotics, vaccines, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.) The veterinarians are registered with SENASA, and they follow grace periods strictly.
• The farms where the animals are raised as well as the slaughterhouses, follow strict protocols towards animal welfare and human handling throughout the whole process.
• The cattle’s hides are processed assuring full traceability of the above-mentioned lot(s).The process requires detailed & strict hide segregation process starting from its generation, to slaughter house storage and the collagen manufacturing plant. The certificates ensuring full traceability are available upon request.