Home Slaughter Of Livestock: A Guide To The Law In Northern Ireland

Monday 23 August 2010

Published August 2010

Intended audience:
This guide is applicable to:

Keepers of animals who slaughter livestock on farm for their own consumption or by members of their immediate family living there.
Enforcement Authorities who are responsible for the enforcement of Food Hygiene and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Regulations on farms.

Regional coverage:
This guide is applicable in Northern Ireland only. Parallel guidance applies in other parts of the UK.

Legal status:
This is intended to accompany relevant EU and national legislation relating to TSEs and meat hygiene.

Purpose:
To provide information on the law covering the home killing of livestock.