United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 84816
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
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11 November 2022
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21 November 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s policy is on the long term use of high concentrations of CO2 for the slaughter of pigs.
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11 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s policy is on the long term use of high concentrations of CO2 for the slaughter of pigs.
Source: Commons
21 November 2022
Answer
The Animal Welfare Committee’s (AWC) predecessor, the Farm Animal Welfare Council provided advice to the Government in 2003 which concluded that “the use of high concentrations of CO2 (80% and above) to stun and kill pigs is not acceptable”; and recommend...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-11/84816
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1541576
- uk · wq-1541576 · source updated 21 November 2022