Many of the issues that processors have with equipment on the slaughter floor have been around for a while now. And they tend to focus on tool ergonomics and the ability to sanitize and then maintain that equipment while operating in some very harsh working conditions, says Kurt Vogel, associate professor of animal science at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls.
From small to even large plants, stunning also can be an issue when it comes to humane handling, based on data from Humane Handling Enforcement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website. These humane-handling enforcement violations are published with the details of the company’s actions.