Johnston’s Hogs & Animal Welfare

Very safe and effective painkillers are used when tail docking. Tail chewing can cause infections including infection of the spinal column which is generally deadly.

No farms that supply Johnston’s practice teeth cutting.

Yes, all animals at all farms have free and unrestricted access to clean water and feed 24 hours per day.

No, the mama sows and baby piglets are not separated at birth.

Johnston’s has very strict rules & standards for BC Producers around animal care and handling, right from the farm, to transportation, to the plant. The BC Producers and also our animal [...]

Johnston’s works with 9 hog producers in British Columbia; most are located in BC’s Fraser Valley.

The hogs processed at Johnston’s are ready for the market normally between 5 and 6 months old and approximately 105 kg.

There are several types of barns in operation today, ranging from fully slatted floor, partially slatted floors and solid bedded pens. All barns are temperature controlled year round for the [...]

Vaccines are used to prevent many of the common pig diseases, resulting in far fewer treatments with medication. Vaccines are used to prevent such things as E. coli, pneumonia, abortion and acute [...]

Medications are only used for specific therapeutic reasons and always under the care and direction of a veterinarian, when pigs have health problems. We want to ensure that our pigs are properly [...]