Page 18 of articles about slaughterhouse
The French pig production drops
UK: new research and development to improve the welfare of pigs at slaughter
Argentina carries out controls on pork refrigeration plants
Brazil: the government stimulates the re-opening of meat companies
Welfare insights on slaughter of pregnant animals
Brazil publishes the regulations for the humane slaughter of livestock
Portugal: drop in pig slaughterings
The German Salmonella serological monitoring programme
Several reasons explain the failure of the German Salmonella Monitoring Programme to result in a continuous reduction of the frequency of salmonella-carrying pigs sent to slaughter at a national level.
The Belgian authorities close an abattoir because of animal cruelty
Expected summer highs are slipping
Much in the summer will depend on the opening of the increased market capacity (as two major new plants swing open) and the industry reacts to it.
Germany: main abattoirs in 2016
Vion is concentrating its activities in Lower Saxony, Germany in Emstek and closing the location in Zeven
Update on Salmonella control programs
Control programs, which should have started in 2012, have not yet been implemented in most European countries today