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Slaughter of animals: poultry
- Source :
- EFSA Journal, IRTA Pubpro. Open Digital Archive, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), EFSA Journal, Vol 17, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2019), Nielsen, S S, Alvarez, J, Bicout, D J, Calistri, P, Depner, K, Drewe, J A, Garin-Bastuji, B, Gonzales Rojas, J L, Gortázar Schmidt, C, Miranda Chueca, M Á, Roberts, H C, Sihvonen, L H, Spoolder, H, Stahl, K, Velarde Calvo, A, Viltrop, A, Winckler, C, Candiani, D, Fabris, C, Van der Stede, Y, Michel, V & EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) 2019, ' Slaughter of animals: poultry ', EFSA Journal, vol. 17, no. 11, e05849, pp. 1-91 . https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5849
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2019.
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Abstract
- The killing of poultry for human consumption (slaughtering) can take place in a slaughterhouse or during on-farm slaughter. The processes of slaughtering that were assessed, from the arrival of birds in containers until their death, were grouped into three main phases: pre-stunning (including arrival, unloading of containers from the truck, lairage, handling/removing of birds from containers); stunning (including restraint); and bleeding (including bleeding following stunning and bleeding during slaughter without stunning). Stunning methods were grouped into three categories: electrical, controlled modified atmosphere and mechanical. In total, 35 hazards were identified and characterised, most of them related to stunning and bleeding. Staff were identified as the origin of 29 hazards, and 28 hazards were attributed to the lack of appropriate skill sets needed to perform tasks or to fatigue. Corrective and preventive measures were assessed: measures to correct hazards were identified for 11 hazards, with management shown to have a crucial role in prevention. Ten welfare consequences, the birds can be exposed to during slaughter, were identified: consciousness, heat stress, cold stress, prolonged thirst, prolonged hunger, restriction of movements, pain, fear, distress and respiratory distress. Welfare consequences and relevant animal-based measures were described. Outcome tables linking hazards, welfare consequences, animal-based measures, origins, and preventive and corrective measures were developed for each process. Mitigation measures to minimise welfare consequences were also proposed. (C) 2019 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. Non
- Subjects :
- ABMs
CERVICAL DISLOCATION
DEAD-ON-ARRIVAL
040301 veterinary sciences
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
media_common.quotation_subject
ELECTRICAL WATER-BATH
animal welfare consequences
Plant Science
TP1-1185
010501 environmental sciences
413 Veterinary science
01 natural sciences
Microbiology
Skill sets
SOMATOSENSORY-EVOKED-POTENTIALS
0403 veterinary science
CAPTIVE BOLT
CARBON-DIOXIDE
MEAT QUALITY
Environmental health
Medicine
TX341-641
SPONTANEOUS ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
Cold stress
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
media_common
preventive/corrective measures
2. Zero hunger
business.industry
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Chemical technology
poultry
Stunning
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Heat stress
BROILER-CHICKENS
Distress
Scientific Opinion
416 Food Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
BEHAVIORAL-RESPONSES
slaughter
business
Welfare
hazards
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18314732
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- EFSA Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c82e446ee9b59dec0898da98ca5c8aa4