GB/T 42304-2023Welfare criteria for animals to be slaughtered (English PDF)

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules for Standardization Documents" drafting.

1 Scope

This document specifies the animal welfare requirements for the slaughter of pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

This document is applicable to animal welfare management in the slaughtering process of pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated references For documents, only the version corresponding to the date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB/T 19477 Code of Practice for Livestock and Poultry Slaughtering Cattle

GB/T 19478 Code of Practice for Livestock and Poultry Slaughtering Chicken

GB/T 22569 Technical Specifications for Humane Slaughtering of Pigs

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

4 General requirements

4.1 The enterprise should establish animal welfare slaughter management system, and formulate corresponding documents, including but not limited to working procedures, equipment operating procedures, management Management standards, personnel training, emergency plans, monitoring and records, etc.

4.2 The system documents can specify the animal welfare requirements in the breeding and transportation links, and communicate them to the relevant parties of breeding and transportation.

4.3 The emergency plan should include animal welfare measures for emergency situations such as animal escape, equipment accidents, power outages, fires, and gas leaks.

The plan should specify who will be in charge when an emergency occurs. Emergency drills should be carried out when necessary to ensure the rationality and reliability of the emergency plan sex.

4.4 Operators in positions such as unloading, waiting for slaughter, sending to slaughter (winding or hanging birds), stunning, slaughter and bloodletting, personnel performing emergency slaughter, equipment operators, etc.

Operation, inspection or maintenance personnel and inspection personnel should receive training on animal welfare slaughtering techniques, and understand the basic behavior of slaughtered animals, the The disposal method, as well as the post production process and operation precautions, equipment and facility operation process, etc.

4.5 The staff performing the slaughter task should be able to correctly identify whether the livestock and poultry are effectively stunned.

4.6 Quarantine inspection personnel and supervision and management personnel should be familiar with the effects of stress response, environment and temperature on animals, and master the methods of handling disabled animals.