Swedish farm assured - From farm gate to plate

Swedish Farm Assured is a quality assurance scheme which guarantees healthy, tasty and safe meat.

The scheme ensures that Swedish farmers achieve stringent quality standards relating to:

• controlled breeding programme
• restrictive use of drugs/antibiotics
• comprehensive animal welfare and health guidelines

Time line

1961 Introduction of sweeping measures to combat salmonella
1972 Federation of Swedish Farmers launch its first environmental Programme
1981 Voluntary restrictions of use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed
1985-99 Swedish Farmers take steps to improve animal welfare
1986 Controls on the use of pesticides and fungicides cut use by 60%
1985 All antibiotics banned as growth promoters in animal feed
1985 Antibiotics to be used only under veterinary supervision
1985-88 Voluntary measures to reduce nitrogen leakage, ammonia and cadmium emission
1988 The far-reaching Swedish Animal Protection Act is passed
1992 Strict guidelines governing the use of genetic engineering
1992 LRF (Federation of Swedish Farmers) consumer policy formulated: "Heading towards the worlds cleanest agriculture"