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WSPA and APSRI humane slaughter programme in China: STEPS®

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

J Zili  and
R Kolesar
J Zili*
Affiliation:
Beijing Chaoyang Anhua Animal Product Safety Research Institute (APSRI), APSRI, D-707 Shengshi Jiayuan, No 98 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China
R Kolesar
Affiliation:
World Society for the Protection of Animals, WSPA, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, UK
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* Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The adoption of slaughter and pre-slaughter techniques to improve animal welfare and meat quality and safety is dependent on providing appropriate information, application and enforcement as well as information ownership by local people. The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Beijing Chaoyang Anhua Animal Product Safety Research Institute (APSRI) have been running a humane slaughter programme in China for more than three years. The aim of the programme is to improve the welfare of animals slaughtered in China through a three-pronged approach: i) train core-plant mid-level managers to be humane slaughter trainers; ii) provide guidance on legislation and codes of practice; and iii) develop and implement pre-slaughter and slaughter animal welfare curricula for undergraduate veterinarians. The production of in-country training material is based on a training-needs analysis conducted prior to the programme. Four Chinese trainers have completed the training and become national level trainers. In the last three years they have trained more than 5,000 staff from 800 slaughterhouses. Technical standards for slaughtering pigs, based on those of the OIE, have been adopted in China and the veterinary curriculum development is progressing. The programme has introduced many positive changes to the Chinese slaughter industry and the signs are positive for good progress.

Keywords

animal welfareChinahumane slaughterlivestockmeat safetypigs
Type
Papers
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 21 , Issue S2: Proceedings of the HSA Centenary International Symposium ‘Recent Advances in the Welfare of Livestock at Slaughter’ Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, UK, 2011 , June 2012 , pp. 95 - 97
Copyright
© 2012 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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