We are the RSPCA’s farm animal welfare assurance scheme - the only farm assurance scheme in the UK dedicated solely to improving farm animal welfare.

Our experienced team of assessors check farm animals have been well cared for to welfare standards set by the RSPCA.

We are the only scheme that uses higher welfare standards set by the RSPCA.

The RSPCA’s welfare standards cover the whole of an animal’s life, from their health and diet to environment and care. This includes

things like space, light, bedding, transport and humane slaughter.

We inspect indoor as well as outdoor farms, including free-range and organic. The scheme also approves hauliers, abattoirs, processors and packers, and we have more than 3,500 members. 

SPCA Assured assessors carry out annual assessments and RSPCA farm livestock officers make monitoring visits.

When all aspects of an animal’s life have been covered by the RSPCA’s welfare standards by members of the RSPCA Assured scheme, food products can be labelled RSPCA Assured.

If you or your customer wants to sell a product as RSPCA Assured to another business you must be an RSPCA Assured member, regardless of whether the product is labelled or not.

Official, uniform and fair

RSPCA Assured is recognised by the UK government and EU as a higher level scheme.

It is independent from the food and farming industry.

It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RSPCA but is a charity in its own right and operates independently.

UKAS accreditation by NSF-CMI International to ISO 17065.

This ensures that the scheme is official, uniform and fair.

Thousands of products

There are about 2,000 different RSPCA Assured labelled products available across nearly all the UK’s supermarkets.

Sainsbury’s sells about 46% of all RSPCA Assured labelled products sold in the UK.