PIG How-To's

How To Become Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) Certified

Transport Quality Assurance (TQAsm) is a program that helps swine transporters, producers handlers understand how to handle, move and transport pigs and the potential impacts of those actions on pig well-being and/or pork quality. Anyone who handles or transports pigs, or sets protocols for handling pigs, is a potential influencer of animal well-being and pork quality.

 

 

 

How to obtain TQA Certification:

  • Contact a TQA advisor
  • Complete the TQA education training
  • Successfully complete a comprehensive exam

 

How to locate a TQA Advisor:

  • Call (800) 456-PORK
  • Use the locator found on the TQA Web site at: http://www.pork.org/Producers/TQA/TQA.aspx

 

How to become a TQA Advisor:

  • Attend a one-day advisor training session conducted by the Pork Checkoff
  • Successfully complete and pass a comprehensive TQA examination
  • Advisor training information can be found on the TQA Web site at: http://www.pork.org/Producers/TQA/TQA.aspx

 

For more information regarding TQA or other Pork Checkoff programs, please call (800) 456-PORK.