FACTA
FACTA’s third-party verification services use objective, science-based welfare standards and best management practices that serve to protect your reputation and increase your bottom line. In addition, our non-traditional assurance engagements are designed to meet the specific needs or our clients, whatever they may be. After initial internal audits are performed, FACTA fields carefully selected auditors with industry specific expertise to perform each third-party engagement with the highest standards of quality, ethics, objectivity, and independence.
Major categories of the audits include:
- Descriptors of the farm or plant (ex., location, type of facility, local situation)
- Management
- Food and Water
- Buildings and Environment
- Health
- Transport and Handling
View our audit standards through the links below:
Cage-Free Layer Audit Standards
Rabbit Welfare Transportation and Processing Audit Standards
FACTA post-audit processes include:
- The internal audit assessment
- Report generated from FACTA (objective information, relevant industry data, professional judgement)
- Quality control
- Peer review
- Final outcome letter
Jacquelyn Babcock
Director
Jacquelyn joined Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing in 2018; she uses her diverse animal species background to conduct animal welfare audits. Jacquelyn continues to learn and gain knowledge in all species for auditing livestock production.
Kalyn Strahley
Animal Welfare Auditor
Kalyn joined FACTA in September of 2022. She grew up in Northwest Ohio, where she was an active member in 4-H and FFA. Her time in youth agriculture organizations eventually led her to the Ohio State University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. Her love for agriculture and animals is what led her to her current role with FACTA.
Justin D. White
Animal Welfare Auditor
Justin White grew up in a small farming community in the Texas Panhandle where he spent time on his family’s farm. Justin was raised growing cotton, wheat, hay grazer, milo, and peanuts but his passion was with the livestock. Justin attended Clarendon Jr. College and later obtained his B.S. in Accounting from Grand Canyon University.
Jennifer Irvin
Animal Welfare Auditor
Jennifer comes to FACTA from Northeast Georgia in the heart of poultry country. She has a bachelor’s degree in poultry science from the University of Georgia. Prior to FACTA she was an internal auditor for Pilgrim’s Pride, Bayer Crop Sciences and Zaxby’s.