Preparation of best practices on the protection of animals at the time of killing
Belgium -
Health and Safety
ICFI consortium with AETS as a partner has been selected by the DG Sante Animal Welfare Sector to implement a 12 months programme from september 2016 to september 2017. The objective of this study was to provide, assess and evaluate the necessary information to elaborate
elements for best practices on the protection of animals at the time of killing both at slaughterhouses and on-farm killing.
The team of 11 experts (which 3 identified by AETS) from different member states was in charge of designing the final document to be read by business operators and in particular animal welfare for officers in slaughterhouses.