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Strengthening artisanal meat processing by innovative slaughter techniques and procedures for cattle and small ruminants

Authority

Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Hesse

Contact

Mainzer Straße 80
65189 Wiesbaden

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Strengthening artisanal meat processing by innovative slaughter techniques and procedures for cattle and small ruminants

Project description

Meat production is important to preserve valuable pastureland in the low mountain ranges of Hessen, and the increasing demand for regional products offers the chance of regional marketing strategies. Consumer demands for transparency concerning origin and process quality of meat as well as animal welfare necessitate a regional production and a more sensitive premortal handling of the animals. Avoiding premortal stress is ensured by splitting up the slaughter process with the help of  an EU-approved suitable facility for fixing, stunning and bleeding of the animals on the farm. Besides a stress-free slaughter (no transport of living animals) and the accompanying improvement of the sensorial meat quality, this innovative procedure is strengthening the regional slaughter capacities. The tasks of the project include a variety of technical and legal developments to harmonise this procedure with the EU standards.

Results focusing on practiceorientation

The "semi-mobile slaughter" Directive is the centrepiece of the innovation. There have also been some technical innovations: A fixation device was further developed to include a usable head fixation. A suitable bleeding and transport vehicle was designed. No patent was applied for. Descriptions and templates were developed for this special slaughter method to enable the authorities to authorise the method: Application for special authorisation / Accompanying document to document the inspection of the slaughtered animals and the time of bleeding / Handover protocol for trailers if they are used by several companies and the guideline. It has been achieved that for the first time a part of an EU approved slaughterhouse can be approved for two different slaughterhouses. This paves the way for shared use concepts that make the operation more economical. The results of the OG can therefore be used across regions.

Key words

  • Animal husbandry
  • Food security, safety, quality, processing and nutrion
  • Supply chain, marketing and consumption

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

OG contact information

Die Landforscher / Büro für Agrar- und Regionalentwicklung (BAR)
Tischbeinstraße 12
34121 Kassel

Phone: 0561-27224

Email: afk@agrar-regional-buero.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Advisor
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2017

Project status

completed

Total budget applied for in EUR

195,615

Link 1

project video

Link 2

Further information:

Link 3

practice sheet

NUTS3 CODE

DE73 Kassel

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