Animal welfare is important for public concern, animal performance, facility design, standard operating procedures, and job satisfaction. Animal welfare audits are being designed and tested, especially in Europe, to get a hold on animal welfare. In the US, the Food Marketing Institute and the National Council of Chain Restaurants put together a set of guidelines for animal agriculture. It provides guides for breeding, rearing, handling, slaughter, and more. Specifically, the National Pork Board in the US has created the SWAP (Swine Welfare Assurance Program). In Canada, the Canadian Pork Council created an on-farm animal welfare assessment program. This works to identify positive as well as negative areas on the farm, and how they can be improved. Animal welfare is assessed by animal based, environmental based, and management based parameters.