•   Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (PATOK).

•   The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (WATOK)

•   Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations:

   Welfare of Animals (Transport)(England) Order 2006
   Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007
   Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

  (WATO)

•   Animal Welfare Act 2006

•   Council Directive 2007/43/EC (known as the ‘Broiler Directive’) 

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)  Animal Welfare Officer (AWO)
 Certificate of Competence (CoC)
 Guides to Good Practice (GGP)

 Keeping records for a period of one year  Other changes:

•   Approved stunning methods

•   Prohibition of decapitation and restrictions on cervical ( only for emergency slaughter) 

  dislocation and percussive blow to the head.

•   Information to be provided by business operators

•   Specific restrictions on the use of electric goads 

Set of written instructions aimed at achieving uniformity of the performance of a specific function or standard and includes:

•   A schedule of the slaughtering and any related operations,

•   Manufacturers' recommendations of use and maintenance of stunning equipment,

•   Key stunning parameters for each stunning method,

•   Checks on the effect of stunning (signs of stun and

  number of animals to be checked),

•   Actions to be taken when an animal is not properly stunned. 

  A three month period is allowed for the training

of new slaughtermen.

• The handling and care of animals before they are restrained,

•   The restraint of animals for the purpose of stunning or killing,

•   The stunning of animals,

•   The assessment of effective stunning,

•   The shackling or hoisting of live animals,

•   The bleeding of live animals,

•   The slaughtering according to religious rites (non- stun religious slaughter),

•   The pithing of any stunned animal. 

• For emergency reasons relating to welfare where that person has to slaughter or kill the animal immediately,

•   Slaughter or killing elsewhere than a slaughterhouse or knackers yard if the/she is the owner of the animal and it is for their private domestic consumption

•   Slaughters or kills an animal other than for commercial purposes

•   Kills by means of a free bullet any animal in a field not for human

  consumption

•   Kills a bird by means of dislocation of the neck or decapitation on premises where the bird was reared

•   Kills an animal for the purpose of disease control

•   Kills surplus chicks or embryos in hatchery waste

•   A Veterinary Surgeon acting in the exercise of his/her profession or a person acting under the supervision of a Veterinary Surgeon.

•   Generally speaking, for killing animals other than for human consumption. 

Stunning methods:

 Mechanical:
 Penetrative captive bolt
 Non-penetrative captive bolt

 Firearm
 Cervical dislocation

 Electrical
 Head only
 Head to Body

 Water bath

 Gas
 CO2 at high concentration (minimum 80%

)  CO2 in two phases 

 Prohibition of decapitation
 Restrictions on cervical dislocation:

 only as a back-up, no other method available and same person must not kill more than 70 animals per day.

 Information to be provided

•   Maximum number of animals that are processed per hour

•   Categories of animal / weight for which restraining equipment can be used.

•   Maximum capacity of lairage. Pens should indicate the date and time of arrival of the animals

   Restrictions on the use of electric goads