• The provisions of current UK and EU legislation according to health, welfare and slaughter of animals and poultry, as appropriate, must be complied with. A traceability certificate must be provided for beef slaughter
• Every practical effort must be made to ensure that the animal is unstressed before being taken for slaughter
• Each animal must be taken and slaughtered individually. Slaughtering, wherever possible must not be done in sight of others awaiting slaughter
• At all stages, handling and restraining must be done with minimum amount of force. The aim must be to avoid causing unnecessary harm, pain and stress to the animal
• The slaughterhouse and abattoir operators must ensure that the animal cannot come into contact with any non-halal animal before, during or after slaughter

Photographic Standards - Halal Kill

The Halal food Authority rules for Halal are based on Islamic Shari'ah.Zibah require animals to be alive and healthy at the time of slaughter, the jugular veins, carotid arteries and windpipe have to be severed by a razor sharp knife by a single swipe, but the head must remain intact

Below is a photo of the acceptable standard

If any birds are not being cut across both the arteries and veins I will make adjustments to achieve acceptable Halal kill and bleed out.

I have read (or have had read to me), understood and agree to abide by this Standard Working Practice.

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