Animal Rendering Articles & Analysis
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Bird housing must also be thoroughly decontaminated, and any nearby paths are closed as the disease can spread on shoes and clothes.Carbon Dioxide StunningThe process of legally killing any animal must be carried out humanely in accordance with UK Government guidance. ...
This covers not just the animal’s environment and diet but also the procedures used in the slaughtering process.To ensure that an animal is insensitive to pain while being slaughtered, a European Union directive1 requires that all animals are stunned prior to slaughter. There is one exception for animals killed at slaughterhouses ...
Between 1962 and 1966, Australia and New Zealand ceased importing rendered animal protein from any country other than each other; as a result, both were protected against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) contaminated meat and bone meal (MBM), which was being exported from the UK during the 1980s. ...