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HSA Technical Notes

The HSA publishes Technical Notes which provide a quick reference for anyone working with animals during transport, in markets or at slaughter. The Notes are available as a FREE PDF download or as printed copies via the publications section of this website.

Red Meat

White Meat

Fish

Red Meat


TN1	The Future Without Pithing
TN2	Humane Dispatch and Disposal of Infant Calves
TN3	Head Restraint Equipment
TN4	Safety and Maintenance of Captive-Bolt Equipment
TN5	Safety and Maintenance of Electrical Stunning Equipment
TN6	Safety and Maintenance of Firearms
TN7	Humane Dispatch and Disposal of Kids and Lambs
TN8	On-farm Slaughter or Killing of Livestock for Consumption
TN13	Design Specifications- Handling Facilities for Abattoirs and Farms
TN17	Stun-to-Stick Times (Electrical Stunning)
TN19	Gas Stunning and Killing of Pigs
TN23	Transport of Farm Animals and Horses
TN25	Slaughter and Killing of Minority Farmed Species
TN26	Council Regulation (EC) No. 1099/2099 on the Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing - Changes to Current Legislation in England as they affect Slaughterhouses and Knackers Yards
CN1	Concept Note on Mobile Slaughter Units

White Meat


TN9	Instantaneous Mechanical Destruction
TN10	Electrical Waterbaths
TN11	On-Farm Slaughter of Large Poultry Flocks
TN12	Gas Killing of Chickens and Turkeys
TN14	Gas Killing of Chicks in Hatcheries
TN15	Poultry Catching and Handling
TN16	Prevention of Pre-Stun Shocks in Electrical Waterbath
TN18	On-Farm Slaughter of Poultry for Disease Control
TN21	Transport of Poultry
TN26	Council Regulation (EC) No. 1099/2099 on the Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing - Changes to Current Legislation in England as they affect Slaughterhouses and Knackers Yards

Fish


TN20	Electrical Stunning of Salmon
TN22	Transport of Farmed Fish
TN24	Humane Harvesting of Halibut

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