EQUIPMENT
Slaughtering equipment, particularly for smaller-scale operations, need not be elaborate and expensive. The amount of equipment will depend on the slaughtering procedures employed. […]
Current recommendations for handling all meat products are to keep them clean, cold and covered in order to maintain quality and protect against food poisoning and disease. […]
It is essential that all meat-processing operations, whether slaughtering, cutting or further processing, be carried out in a clean area and, as much as possible, that the products be protected from contamination from all sources. […]
Electric stunning of cattle has been successfully used for many years in New Zealand and it is in compliance with strict animal welfare codes. A minimum of 1.2 amps must be passed through the bovine’s head for a minimum of 2 seconds. […]
Effective stunning methods are readily available to induce instantaneous insensibility. Good reviews on captive bolt stunning can be found in Leach (1984), Grandin (1994a) and Eikelenboom (1983). Electrical stunning methods used commercially on pigs and sheep are effective and induce instantaneous insensibility. A minimum of 1.25 amps must be passed through a pig’s brain to reliably induce insensibility (Hoenderken, 1982). In sheep, 1 amp is required (Gregory and Wotton, 1984). […]
Transport of animals is a stressful procedure often resulting in significant losses for the slaughter plant. This study aimed to determine whether or not pigs would benefit from a loading density (low density (LD)) (179 kg/m2) below the normal EU standard loading density (normal density (ND)) (235 kg/m2). […]
According to Jewish law, animals cannot be stunned during slaughter. Vets and animal rights groups have attacked the ‘inhumane’ practice. Mail on Sunday finds meat butchered for Jewish market is being sold on. It then ends in the regular food chain alongside normally-slaughtered meat. […]
FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Implementing strict biosecurity procedures is as important as ever, now that North Dakota has its first case of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus according to North Dakota State University Extension Service swine specialist David Newman. […]
We transport pigs each week to butcher inside our extended body Ford E-350 van. They get to travel in comfort on a bed of hay inside with the drive so they won’t get exposed to the extreme wind and cold which is most of the year in our climate. […]
Pork producers use many different ways to get their hogs to market. Regardless of the vehicle, all producers have one thing in common – a concern for the welfare of pigs in transit. […]
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