Humane Farm Animal Care is a nonprofit organization[1] established to promote and administer its certification and labeling program, Certified Humane Raised & Handled, for meat, dairy, eggs and poultry raised under its animal care standards in the US.

It is governed by a board of directors and retains a scientific committee which includes scientists and veterinarians.

[3] Both the organization and the Certified Humane Raised & Handled program were founded in 2003, by Adele Douglass.

[4] In the late 1990s, Douglass had traveled to England to study a brand of farm products which advertised as derived from humanely raised animals.

"[8] The certification program requires the inspection of aspects of production, including raising of live animals, slaughter and the processing/packaging of animal products, to ensure the authenticity of the Certified Humane Raised & Handled label.