Articles Tagged with ''stunning''

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.

Tech | Processing

Committing to improved slaughter standards

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

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.

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.

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Animal welfare: The multiple pieces of successful stunning

Christopher Young

April 30, 2018

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As I listen to plant owners talk about the issues they have had in this area and I read the humane handling incidents information provided by FSIS, I have noticed a recurring theme in plants that have had multiple issues with mis-stuns.

Perdue converts country’s largest organic poultry plant to controlled atmosphere stunning

Industry News

February 23, 2018

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Perdue Farms has installed a higher-welfare CAS system at its Milford, Del., chicken harvesting plant.

Processing Tech

Humane innovation in the slaughter process

Increased automation and new stunning technology is creating a more humane slaughter process.

Megan Pellegrini

January 29, 2018

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Increasingly, consumers want their meat to be raised and slaughtered in a humane way. Is the protein industry changing to better meet consumer expectations?

New from Jarvis: AST 106 PAS Stunner Tester

Industry News

April 17, 2017

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For operators, the AST 106 is easy to use and automatically logs test results.

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.

Jarvis introduces Type C, P Stunners

Industry News

August 29, 2016

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A wide variety of .22 and .25 caliber cartridge choices are available for both types of stunners.

The majority of humane handling enforcement actions in 2015 were documented in cattle facilities

Animal welfare: teachable moments of 2015

Faith Baier Amanda Munger

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

April 12, 2016

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In 2015, 96 humane handling enforcement actions were posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Web site.

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Articles Tagged with ''stunning''

Slaughter equipment improves in ergonomics and food safety

Committing to improved slaughter standards

De-stressing slaughter

Animal welfare: The multiple pieces of successful stunning

Perdue converts country’s largest organic poultry plant to controlled atmosphere stunning

Humane innovation in the slaughter process

New from Jarvis: AST 106 PAS Stunner Tester

Fine-tuning stunning, slaughter

Jarvis introduces Type C, P Stunners

Animal welfare: teachable moments of 2015

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