Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73207
Slaughterhouses: Carbon Dioxide
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrat — Sutton and Cheam
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to phase out the use of high concentration carbon dioxide gas for the stunning of livestock in abattoirs.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter. We understand that there is a pressing need to address the welfare concerns associated with this method of stunning pigs. The Animal Welfare Committee has carried out an up-to...
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