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Projet de guide de bonnes pratiques de protection animale en abattoirs de volailles – Avis révisé de l’Anses – Rapport révisé d’expertise collective

By July 27, 2021September 14th, 2021No Comments

Document type : Draft opinion and report by Anses

Author : Anses

Preview: Anses was asked on 30 March 2017 by the DGAl to carry out the following assessment:

1/ "To carry out an overall assessment of the draft guide and in particular of its compliance with regulations, to identify the issues to be dealt with in the light of recent scientific knowledge, and to propose any improvements that should made to the guide with a view to further improving the protection of poultry at the abattoir".

2/ "Recommendations from the agency are also requested, current knowledge permitting, on the following points:

The methodology associated with inspections of stunning and slaughter practices, including :

- The stages at which these checks take place and the frequency of the checks

- The sample size of animals required to adequately assess the level of stunning in a batch

- The relevance and number of the indicators of awareness/sensitivity and absence of vital signs selected by the editors

- The appropriateness of 45 seconds as the duration for waterbath stunning - Optimisation of electrical current flows in waterbath devices.

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