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Committing to improved slaughter standards

Companies — and consumers — are paying more attention to humane slaughter methods.

January 22, 2021

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.

Welfare reformation

New technologies are improving animal welfare and employee training at the point of slaughter.

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.

Processing Tech

Fine-tuning stunning, slaughter

Processors continue to search for better stunning methods and slaughter equipment.

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.

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

Processing Tech

Effective humane stunning

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.

Processing Tech

High-tech answers to slaughtering challenges

Slaughterhouses leverage newer technologies to become more productive and effective and to enhance animal welfare.

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.

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.

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.

Processing Tech

Fine-tuning slaughter

Elizabeth Fuhrman

January 10, 2014

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Across the industry, many of the basic slaughter processes and techniques have remained the same.

Improvements in slaughtering

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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Committing to improved slaughter standards

Welfare reformation

Fine-tuning stunning, slaughter

Effective humane stunning

High-tech answers to slaughtering challenges

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

Fine-tuning slaughter

Improvements in slaughtering

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