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Slaughter equipment improves in ergonomics and food safety

Elizabeth Fuhrman

January 27, 2022

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Many of the issues that processors have with equipment on the slaughter floor have been around for a while now.

Humane handling is critical for small processors

Enforcement actions for mis-stunning or mistreatment are avoidable with proper equipment and proper training.

Sam Gazdziak

December 21, 2021

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The demand for slaughterhouses is soaring, as producers are looking to reach new customers through direct marketing and farmers' markets.

Recovering from a challenging year

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

October 26, 2021

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During the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, the entire live-animal supply chain was disrupted as slaughter establishments dealt with internal virus outbreaks and resulting reductions in slaughter capacity.

Humane handling: Teachable moments from 2020

Hannah Olsen Karly N. Anderson Katy Bishop Joie Haines Olyvia Horsman Taylor Paye Valerie Rakoczy Rachel Hoff

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

September 9, 2021

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In 2020, there were 99 humane handling enforcement actions posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service website.

Tyson Foods integrating the Five Domains Animal Welfare Framework across global operations

Industry News

July 19, 2021

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Originally announced in the company’s FY19 Sustainability Report, the transition enables a more robust approach to welfare assessment.

Processing Tech

De-stressing slaughter

Low-stress handling is key to humane slaughter and stunning practices.

Megan Pellegrini

January 8, 2020

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Although Dr. Temple Grandin wrote the book on best animal welfare practices, much can still be learned to make slaughter and stunning practices more humane.

State of the Industry 2019 | Animal Welfare

State of Animal Welfare 2019

Get back to the basics

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

October 23, 2019

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The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Animal Welfare Lab's summary of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) humane handling regulatory activity from 2018 identified ineffective stunning as the most common cause of suspension.

Culver Duck Farms earns American Humane Certified seal

Industry News

March 25, 2019

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Culver Duck Farms is the first duck producer to achieve certification under the program.

DuBreton achieves major milestone of raising more than 340,000 crate-free pigs

Industry News

October 9, 2018

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Company is proving humane farming practices are good for animals, the environment, business and exactly what consumers want.

Farm to Plate

Data pinpoints need for a continued focus on stunning efficacy and management

A stunning issue: Assessing humane-handling enforcement actions and developing teachable moments for processors on stunning and handling of animals.

Faith Baier Lucas Heimmermann Sara Odegard Kaleiah Schiller

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

June 13, 2018

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In 2016 and 2017, 107 and 104 humane handling enforcement actions were posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Web site, respectively.