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Items Tagged with 'slaughter process advancements'

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Committing to improved slaughter standards

Companies — and consumers — are paying more attention to humane slaughter methods.
Megan Pellegrini
Megan Pellegrini
January 22, 2021
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Whole Foods Market recently announced it will phase out live-shackle slaughter from its chicken suppliers at all U.S. locations by 2026, becoming the first major retailer to follow the Better Chicken Commitment. 


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Welfare Reformation

Welfare reformation

New technologies are improving animal welfare and employee training at the point of slaughter.
Megan Pellegrini
Megan Pellegrini
January 21, 2019
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A few years ago, Jessica Roosa, owner of This Old Farm, based in Colfax, Ind., was trying to solve employee turnover issues on the slaughter floor and began investigating solutions for her small, aged facility that is a custom service processor of beef, pork, lamb and poultry. What she discovered was changes that helped staff also helped her animals.
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Slaughter equipment
Processing Tech

Fine-tuning stunning, slaughter

Processors continue to search for better stunning methods and slaughter equipment.
Megan Pellegrini
Megan Pellegrini
January 6, 2017
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Despite minimal changes to the livestock of slaughter in the past 30 years, innovation efforts are focusing on refinement of methods and equipment.


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Stunning lines in processing plants should be monitored by employees to make sure the animals are being properly stunned
Processing Tech

Effective humane stunning

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Sam Gazdziak
January 28, 2016
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Of the many processes necessary to take a live animal and convert it to meat suitable for the dinner table, the kill step has long been the most controversial.


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Processing Tech

High-tech answers to slaughtering challenges

Slaughterhouses leverage newer technologies to become more productive and effective and to enhance animal welfare.
Rich Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
January 7, 2015
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Slaughterhouse operations are evolving. Propelled by advancements in technology and methodologies, plants are producing higher quality proteins with a greater emphasis on food safety and the humane treatment of animals.
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Farm to Plate

Look, but don’t touch: indicators of unconsciousness in stunned livestock

When it comes to electrically stunned animals, processors can observe a variety of indicators to determine unconsciousness but should avoid using the corneal reflex.
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Kurt D. Vogel PhD
April 8, 2014
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The corneal reflex has been one of the go-to indicators of unconsciousness in stunned livestock for decades.
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Chickens in slaughter
Processing Tech

Fine-tuning slaughter

Elizabeth Christenson Fuhrman
Elizabeth Fuhrman
January 10, 2014
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Across the industry, many of the basic slaughter processes and techniques have remained the same.
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Improvements in slaughtering

Elizabeth Christenson Fuhrman
Elizabeth Fuhrman
January 24, 2013
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Processors face a variety of trials with slaughter equipment. It is a real challenge to design equipment that is durable, easy to maintain and capable of work cycling in environments that have large changes in temperature and humidity. In addition, processors still need to protect workers and be concerned about food safety.
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