GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON ANIMAL WELFARE AT SLAUGHTER
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A consultation on new EU rules to protect the welfare of animals at slaughter and killing is now live on the Scottish Government’s website.
Due to come into effect on 1st January 2013, domestic legislation will be introduced in Scotland to enforce and implement the new EU Regulation. As well as introducing new technical rules, the EU Regulations also offers opportunities to maintain existing national rules or introduce stricter national rules in specific areas.
The aim of the consultation is to ensure that the new Scottish legislation makes the most appropriate use of these flexibilities. The new legislation will affect a range of businesses, including poultry and livestock farmers, knackermen and equipment manufacturers as well as abattoirs.
The new regulations will affect:-
- All abattoirs in Scotland involved in slaughtering pigs, poultry, cattle, sheep, farmed game and other species
- Seasonal on-farm slaughter of poultry
- 26,000 livestock and poultry farmers and others involved in killing animals outside a slaughterhouse
- Companies manufacturing equipment for use in slaughterhouses
- Government agencies e.g. the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Animal Health Veterinary Laboratory Agency (AHVLA), who are responsible for approving facilities, verification and enforcement activities and supervision of depopulation operations
In 2010-11, the number of animals slaughtered or killed in Scotland was:-
55 million poultry
1.5 million sheep
645 thousand pigs
616 thousand farmed game
426 thousand cattle
196 goats
The closing date for the consultation is 26th October 2012.
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