Objectives

Consumer demands for transparency concerning origin + process quality of meat as well as animal welfare necessitate a regional production + 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 + bleeding of the animals on the farm. Besides a stress-free slaughter (no transport of living animals) + the accompanying improvement of the sensorial meat quality, this innovative procedure is strengthening the regional slaughter capacities. The tasks include a variety of technical + legal developments to harmonise this procedure with the EU standards.