SCHEDULE 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND THE KILLING OF POULTRY, RABBITS OR HARES FOR DIRECT SUPPLY

General requirements – handling operations
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1
The business operator of a slaughterhouse and any person engaged in the movement or lairaging of animals must ensure that—
a
when unloaded, every animal is protected from adverse weather conditions and is provided with adequate ventilation;
b
any animals which might injure each other on account of their species, sex, age or origin or for any other reason are kept and lairaged apart from each other;
c
pending the killing of a sick or disabled animal in the slaughterhouse it is kept apart from any animal which is not sick or disabled; and
d
no person drags an animal which has been stunned or slaughtered over any other animal which has not been stunned or slaughtered.
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The business operator of a slaughterhouse and any person engaged in the movement of animals must ensure that—
a
care is taken not to frighten, excite or mistreat any animal;
b
no animal is overturned;
c
if an animal is not slaughtered immediately on arrival at the slaughterhouse it is lairaged; and
d
without prejudice to paragraph 1.11 of Annex III, an animal which experienced pain during transport, or is experiencing pain on arrival at the slaughterhouse, or is too young to take solid feed, is slaughtered immediately;
e
animals are moved with care and, when necessary, led individually; and
f
animals are not led or driven over any ground or floor that is likely to cause the animal to trip or fall.