EFSA-reports - slaugther and killing
Page reviewed:
07/04/2025
Here you can find the reports from EFSA on slaughter and killing.
Poultry
- Slaughter of animals: poultry
- Killing for purposes other than slaughter: poultry
- Scientific Opinion on monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for poultry
- Scientific Opinion on the use of low atmosphere pressure system (LAPS) for stunning poultry
- Scientific Opinion on the electrical requirements for waterbath stunning equipment applicable for poultry
- Scientific Opinion on the use of high expansion foam for stunning and killing pigs and poultry
Sheep and goats
- Scientific Opinion on the welfare of sheep and goats during killing for purposes other than slaughter
- Scientific Opinion on the electrical parameters for the stunning of lambs and kid goats
- Scientific Opinion on monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for sheep and goats
- Scientific Opinion on the scientific assessment of studies on electrical parameters for stunning of small ruminants (ovine and caprine species)
Pigs
- Scientific Opinion on the use of high expansion foam for stunning and killing pigs and poultry
- Scientific Opinion on monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for pigs
- Welfare of pigs at slaughter
- Welfare of pigs during killing for purposes other than slaughter
Bovine
- Scientific Opinion on monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for bovines
- Welfare of cattle at slaughter
- Welfare of cattle during killing for purposes other than slaughter
Rabbits
- Stunning methods and slaughter of rabbits for human consumption
- Scientific opinion concerning the killing of rabbits for purposes other than slaughter
- Scientific Opinion on the assessment of studies on the use of carbon dioxide for stunning rabbits
Fish
- Fish welfare in European Aquaculture
- Knowledge gaps and research needs for the welfare of farmed fish
- Statement of the Animal Health and Welfare Panel - Knowledge gaps and research needs for the welfare of farmed fish
- Food Safety considerations concerning the species-specific welfare aspects of main systems of stunning and killing farmed fish
- Food Safety considerations of animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed fish ‐ Scientific opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards
- Species-specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed fish - rainbow trout
- Animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed Trout
- Species‐specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Eels (Anguilla Anguilla)
- Animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed fish ‐ European eel ‐ Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
- Species‐specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed tuna
- Species‐specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Atlantic Salmon
- Species‐specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Seabass and Seabream
- Scientific Opinion - General approach to fish welfare and to the concept of sentience in fish - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request