Poultry Processing Resource and Guidance Hub

Welcome to our industry resource page! We have pulled together various articles, links and documents relating to and affecting the poultry and game processing industry, everything from practical help and guidance for small scale producers, smallholders and on-farm shoots, to latest industry news and regulations. We hope you find this resource useful, we will be updating this page regularly with latest news and updates so do bookmark this page and check back!

Application for a WATOK licence

Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK): licence application form to apply for a licence or certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals
 

Training and Education

AWT (Animal Welfare Training) Poultry Welfare Officer - Processing

AWT (Animal Welfare Training) Senior Welfare Officer - Processing 

HSA welfare of food animals during transport, marketing and slaughter 
 

Helpful Guides

HSA Practical Slaughter of Poultry - PDF guide

Food Standards Agency - Meat premises and slaughter

Food Standards Agency -  Animal Welfare

The Code of Good Shooting Practice

Poultry and Game Industry Bodies and Associations

British Poultry Council: britishpoultry.org.uk/

NFU Poultry: nfuonline.com/sectors/poultry/

The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA): https://www.hsa.org.uk/

Red Tractor Assurance: assurance.redtractor.org.uk/

British Goose Producers: britishgoose.org.uk/

National Game Dealers Association (NGDA): nationalgamedealersassociation.co.uk/

British Game Alliance (BGA): britishgamealliance.co.uk/

Regulations - England

Slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares on farms for small-scale suppliers - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Get a certificate of competence or licence to slaughter or kill animals

Slaughterhouses, knacker's yards and farms: inspections and penalties

Red and white meat slaughterhouses: standard operating procedures

White meat slaughterhouses: unloading, handling and holding, restraining, stunning, killing

Halal and kosher slaughter

EU regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing

The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015

Mandatory use of CCTV in slaughterhouses 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance)
 

Wales

The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014
 

Northern Ireland

The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014