SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING ANIMALS OTHER THAN IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES

PART 5Stunning and killing operations

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1

No person may kill surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste except by one of the following methods—

a

maceration in accordance with Table 1 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I;

b

exposure to a gas mixture in accordance with Table 3 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I and this paragraph; or

c

where there is no other method available for killing, cervical dislocation in accordance with Table 1 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I.

2

No person may kill surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste by exposure to a gas mixture unless the chicks are placed in the gas mixture and remain in the gas mixture until dead.

3

The killing of surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste must be as rapid as possible.