20 May 2016
2015 Research Training Scholarship winner Awal Fuseini is working on developing a humane, safe and Halal-compliant method of pre-cut stunning for cattle and has recently had a paper on his project published in Meat Science.
25 April 2016
The HSA’s Guidance Notes No 7 on Electrical Waterbath Stunning of Poultry are now available in French following a request by the French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry.
19 April 2016
For news on the latest training and assessments carried out by the HSA, see the Spring Newsletter (link) or, if you are interested in attending or booking a lecture or course, please contact the HSA at info@hsa.org.uk or on 01582 831919.
18 April 2016
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has announced the awarding of a Dorothy Sidley Memorial Scholarship to Alexandra Bearman who is currently studying for her BVetMed degree at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC).
30 March 2016
At the 2015 GM held on 14th October it was agreed to modernise the constitution and to make the HSA into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The existing governance and management structures will remain the same, and all assets, responsibilities and liabilities of the existing HSA will be moved to the new HSA (CIO).
24 November 2015
The HSA recently attended the Autumn Conference of the VPHA, and ran a stand there to promote our newest publications - the Guidance Notes No.7 on Electrical Waterbath Stunning of Poultry and the Technical Information Poster ‘Effective neck-cutting of poultry’, both of which assist official veterinarians in protecting animal welfare at slaughter, as per the new EC Regulation 1099/2009.
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