Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

1. Animal welfare shall be observed in slaughterhouses, such as adhering to Islamic teachings; allowing animals to have access to drinking water prior to slaughter; resting animals upon slaughter; and avoiding letting animals see the means of slaughter, spilled blood, or other animals being slaughtered, by placing barriers. 52| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law 2. The following methods shall not be used in slaughterhouses: a) Electrocution before, during or after slaughter; b) Pushing animals intended to be slaughtered to move faster than usual, thus exposing them to risk of injury; c) Restraining animals at slaughter; d) Breaking an animal’s legs, cutting leg tendons, blinding eyes, severing the spinal cord, hitting the head, tearing joint ligaments, or eye-gouging; and/or e) Suspending animals, other than poultry, by the feet or legs prior to slaughtering. The Ministry shall issue the necessary rules and instructions to implement the provisions referred to hereabove.