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Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

Ostrich Regulations, 2007

Part V : Humane Treatment of Ostriches and Slaughter Process

75. Methods of stunning

 

 

1) Ostriches may be stunned at an abattoir by the electrical method, subject to the conditions that-
a) the abattoir owner must ensure that the electrical stunning apparatus is in a good state of repair and is used according to the methods approved by the national executive officer;
b) the terminals must be applied to the head of the bird in such a manner that the current passes through the brain; and
c) meters to monitor time, voltage and amperage used during stunning must be provided to assure that the manufacturers recommendations are adhered to; or
d) any other method approved by the provincial executive officer.

 

2) The rate of stunning must be controlled and be determined by the rate of bleeding and dressing.