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Implementation of the animal slaughter regulation
Andrea Gavinelli, Head of UnitAnimal WelfareDirectorate General for Health and Food SafetyEuropean Commission
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 14 September 2015
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EU animal welfare rules since 2013
Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 increases the
responsibility of business operators
• Standard operating procedures
• Monitoring procedure at stunning
• Animal welfare officer
• Competence for staff handling animals
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Auditing Member States (1)
• Integration of animal welfare in all food safety
audits on slaughterhouses
• Full audits on animal welfare at slaughter in 13
Member States
• Desk study on Member States official
instructions and codes of good practice (11
guides to good practice in seven Member States)3
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Auditing Member States (2)
• 2013 Estonia (pilot audit)
• 2014 Latvia, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom,
Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Belgium, The Netherlands
• 2015 Poland, France4
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Auditing Member States (3)
Results of the 13 full audits on slaughter
•Red meat slaughterhouses: no generalised
operational problems detected till now
•Poultry slaughterhouses: lower electrical
parameters are often used
•Good impact of the AWO brochure
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Awareness and education
• International Conference on slaughter in 2012
• Publication of a brochure on the animal
welfare officer
• Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF)
• EUWelNet pilot project (standard operating
procedures on slaughter)
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"The animal welfare officer in the European Union"
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BTSF on animal welfare at slaughter
• E-learning course from March 2014
1.361 officials trained from 35 countries
• Training session every year
Until 2015 one session per year (around 50 p)
In 2016, two advanced training sessions (50 p x2)
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Scientific actions
The EFSA adopted opinions on monitoring at
slaughter
•Toolboxes to assess consciousness
•Most common stunning methods + slaughter
without stunning
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Toolboxes on monitoring procedures
• Cattle http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3460.htm
• Sheep/goats http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3522.htm
• Pigs http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3523.htm
• Poultry http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3521.htm
• Sample size http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/541e.pdf
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International activities
• Equivalency requirement for all imported meat: "Regulation 191/2013 on model of veterinary certificates"
• International standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
• Training sessions in third countries (BTSF) see next slide
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Regional BTSF training sessions in third countries
• Korea, October 2012, 70 participants• Thailand, March 2014, 50 participants• Brazil, November 2014, 70 participants• • Forthcoming events:• Costa Rica, October 2015, 60 participants • Sri Lanka, March 2016, 60 participants
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Studies and reports
• Report on poultry stunning December 2013
• Study on information to consumers on
stunning May 2015
• Report on restraining cattle by inversion (foreseen
end 2015)
http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/slaughter/index_en.htm
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Information to consumers on the stunning of animals
• Information on stunning is not important for most
consumers (except if raised)
• Unclear if consumers would use this information if
available
• Labelling would result in higher prices for religious
groups concerned and risk of stigmatisation
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Conclusions
• Major innovations thanks to the EU legislation
• Overall good response from the industry
• No major enforcement problems identified
except poultry stunning parameters
• Good cooperation ongoing with Member States
and stakeholders to improve compliance
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Thank you for your attention!
ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/index_en.htm