据欧盟食品安全局(EFSA)消息,12月3日欧盟食品安全局就牛屠宰场的监控程序发布了意见,对牛屠宰过程中的动物福利指标进行了说明,并根据屠宰场的需要,根据不同的风险因素与情况,制定了普通与强化的监控措施。
部分原文报道如下:
This scientific opinion proposes toolboxes of welfare indicators for developing monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for bovines stunned with penetrative captive bolt or slaughtered without stunning. In particular, the opinion proposes welfare indicators together with their corresponding outcomes of consciousness, unconsciousness or death. In the case of slaughter with captive bolt stunning, the opinion proposes a toolbox of indicators and the outcomes to be used to assess consciousness in bovine animals at three key stages of monitoring: (a) after stunning and during shackling and hoisting; (b) during neck cutting or sticking; and (c) during bleeding.
原文链接:http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3460.htm