Research and analysis
Farm animals: data from survey of slaughter methods
Updated 8 September 2017
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| QUESTIONNAIRE ON SLAUGHTER WITHOUT STUNNING (SWS) | |||||
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| PART 1 - Qualitative data | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| No | Questions | Not set | Bovine animals | Sheep and goats | Poultry |
| 1 | Is slaughter by direct bleeding permitted? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 2 | Is slaughter with non listed methods or parameters permitted? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 3 | Is slaughter by direct bleeding used (if permitted)? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 4 | Is slaughter with a non listed method or parameters used (if permitted)? | Not set | NO | NO | YES |
| 5 | May the meat obtained from SWS be sold to the secular market? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 6 | May the meat obtained from SWS be sold to other Member States? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 7 | May the meat obtained from SWS allowed to be exported outside the EU? | Not set | YES | YES | YES |
| 8 | Do slaughterhouse operators have to report the number of animals SWS to the authorities? | Not set | NO | NO | NO |
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| Part 2 - Quantitative data | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| No | Questions | Notes (see below) | Bovine animals | Sheep and goats | Poultry |
| 11 | Number of establishments allowed to SWS | 1 | 8 | 183 | 79 |
| 12 | Number of establishments where data were collected during the survey | 2 | 8 | 20 | 20 |
| 13 | Total number of slaughterhouses | Not set | 218 | 212 | 87 |
| 14 | Number of animals slaughtered by direct bleeding during the standard period of survey (4 weeks) | Not set | 2,614 | 274,464 | 3,421,470 |
| 15 | Number of animals slaughtered by non listed methods or parameters (but not by direct bleeding) during the standard period of survey | Not set | 0 | 0 | 9,463,845 |
| 16 | Total number of animals slaughtered per year | 3 | 2,557,000 | 14,638,040 | 957,200,000 |
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| 1 | All establishments in England & Wales are permitted to slaughter without stunning with the exception of establishments slaughtering cattle without stunning. These establishments must be approved to use the cattle restraining pen and the number of establishments approved to do this shown above is as at 1 December 2015. One slaughterhouse in Scotland is permitted to SWS poultry. Non listed methods or parameters are only allowed in England. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 2 | The FSA Survey period ran from 16 November to 13 December 2015 inclusive. The figures shown are for 100% returns for those establishments which choose to slaughter without stunning. Figures are for England and Wales. No SWS in NI or Scotland. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 3 | Statistics on Poultry can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/poultry-and-poultry-meat-statistics. The poultry statistics only cover broilers, boiling fowl and turkeys. Statistics on cattle and sheep (but not goats) can be found here: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/slaughter_statistics/resource. 18240 goats were slaughtered in 2014 and 14619800 sheep | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |