Pre-slaughter handling & restraint

To slaughter birds humanely and effectively, they must be presented to the stunning and killing equipment in the correct manner. The heads of all the birds should be positioned so that the waterbath and neck cutting equipment are applied easily, accurately and for the appropriate duration of time. Restraint facilitates this by restricting a bird’s movement. Shackles are the method of restraint used with conventional electrical waterbaths and wet plate whole-body electrical stunners for poultry.

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