Regulation of the industry, licensing of mobile butchers, and the ability to comply to food safety standards are the initial steps which could eventually lead to these butchers being able to sell their meat commercially and subsequently operate on a larger scale.
The NSW Food Authority, for example, has granted a licence to a mobile slaughtering unit in that state meaning that the slaughter of animals must be conducted according to NSW Food Authority requirements. Mobile slaughtering units with experienced operators provide a welfare advantage in terms of eliminating the stress of long-distance transport, the stress of mixing with unfamiliar animals and the stress of the slaughtering process itself.
Inexperienced persons slaughtering an animal, for example in the form of a religious sacrifice or during home slaughter, does not fulfill our expectations for humane slaughter. Who should humanely kill my backyard hens when needed? You must have the necessary skills and training to ensure that you slaughter the animals humanely.
Also you need to have the necessary equipment and be sure that you can use it competently. Unless you are using a firearm to kill cattle, you must restrain them. The Regulations also make it an offence to cause or permit any avoidable excitement, pain or suffering to any animal or bird during the slaughter or killing process. Under these Regulations, religious slaughter is only permitted in approved slaughterhouses, as all on-farm kills must be stunned before bleeding.
More information on the legal requirements you will need to comply with for home slaughter can be found on the GOV. Detailed information relating to the practical considerations of captive bolt stunning, equipment, restraint, and bleeding and pithing can be found on the Humane Slaughter Association website.
Information on the humane killing of livestock using firearms is also available. A slaughter licence is not needed when slaughtering your own animal for your own consumption or consumption by your immediate family who live with you.
However, certain operations both in slaughterhouses and when carried out on farms for the purpose of killing animals require a certificate of competence CoC. If you employ an itinerant slaughterer, they must hold a certificate of competence or a licence for the relevant activities, which indicates that they have the knowledge and skill necessary to perform the tasks humanely and efficiently.
A person who has in their possession or under their control the body of a bovine animal that needs to be tested for BSE must, within 24 hours, either:. If the head of the animal requires testing, the rest must be treated as specified risk material SRM - see below.
Healthy cattle that were born in Romania or Bulgaria, and were over 30 months old when slaughtered for food, need to be tested for BSE. Cattle requiring BSE testing must test negative before consumption. Meat from the animal should only be consumed if the BSE test is negative. If the test is positive, the carcase and all parts of the body must be disposed of as a category 1 animal by-product. For more information on testing, see 'BSE testing of cattle'. Animal by-products must be disposed of in accordance with the Animal By-Products Enforcement England Regulations This is all slaughter waste not destined for human consumption or classed as SRM, including the horns, hides, hooves and blood.
See also 'Fallen stock and the disposal of animal by-products'. The carcase or any product of animal origin must not be offered for sale or otherwise to a third party or the public, which includes giving away to friends, relatives, etc.
If the carcase is to be sold, given away, etc the rules for slaughter on-farm do not apply, a licensed slaughterhouse must always be used and a valid passport is always required. The owner must stain, store, dispose of, etc the specified risk material SRM in accordance with the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies England Regulations For more detail on home slaughter of livestock generally, please see 'Home slaughter for private consumption'.
Further guidance on home slaughter can be found on the Food Standards Agency website. For more information on the work of trading standards services - and the possible consequences of not abiding by the law - please see 'Trading standards: powers, enforcement and penalties'. Cattle Identification Regulations Food Safety and Hygiene England Regulations Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies England Regulations This information is intended for guidance; only the courts can give an authoritative interpretation of the law.
The guide's 'Key legislation' links may only show the original version of the legislation, although some amending legislation is linked to separately where it is directly related to the content of a guide.
The statute sets forth what it deems to be humane methods of slaughter, as do the regulations promulgated thereunder. Additionally, many states have passed similar or more stringent state humane slaughter laws. You will need to confirm whether any such laws apply in your case the additional reading links below offer a starting point, but always confirm with your local attorney.
What about inspection? States also usually also have their own set of similar state statutes that you will need to review for compliance. This is true even if you decide to bring your pig to a properly licensed custom slaughter facility that can slaughter and butcher it for you in case you change your mind about doing it yourself.
But be careful. In some states, like North Carolina see this too and Texas , the exemption for farmers to slaughter their own pigs seems quite clear. Then you read stories like this one from Vermont , and you realize it is not always easy to understand or comply with the laws.
The bottom line is that you cannot operate a slaughterhouse without proper approvals, licenses and zoning in place. You will inevitably get shut down, just like this California man did. Increasingly, there are also new rules and licensing requirements on the books relative to mobile processing units, so you should also check those out if you plan on using one.
What about using a gun? It goes without saying that using a firearm, in any instance, requires extreme caution and care to avoid any unintended consequences to the pig, yourself and anyone else nearby.
Moreover, if you are going to use a firearm to kill your pig, you need to check all relevant ordinances and regulations that pertain to discharging a firearm.
Others expressly prohibit discharging a firearm within city limits save for some very narrow exceptions that do not include slaughter. Many of the ordinances that do allow the discharge of a firearm might also have provisions about what time s of day a firearm may be discharged along with other rules. Violation of these ordinances can include monetary and other penalties, so you must check first if you are going to use a firearm in your slaughter practices.
What about nuisance laws? Nuisances are dealt with at the local and sometimes state level. Most cities and towns have at least some anti-nuisance laws on the books that prohibit bothersome noise, odors, pests and the like.
Even if the nuisance ordinance is vague in its wording, you can still be subject to a nuisance claim under common law, so it is prudent to act responsibly at all times. In fact, when it comes to resistance to on-farm or backyard slaughter, this is usually where the neighbors come into play, particularly if they live within earshot. Indeed, perhaps the most troubling part about pig slaughter for most individuals is the sounds and smells that can come with a slaughter not done properly, and enforcement of nuisance laws are a novel way for neighbors to stop such conduct.
Take a look at what has been happening in Florida. What about sanitation regulations?
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