Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 21552

Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what animal welfare protections exist for farmed animals at slaughterhouses.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 and assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing set out extensive requirements to protect the welfare of animals at slaughterhouses. ...

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