Slaughter livestock must have water available stcr Arming, Saturday, way msm *n
NEW YORK, N.Y. Officials at
the U.S. Department of
• Agriculture have decided to retain
that require drinking
water be available for livestock
awaiting slaughter.
Two industry petitions had
requested exemptions from USDA
regulations which require
slaughterers Jo provide drinking
water m all livestock holding pens.
The regulations do not apply to
areas used primarily as slaughter
passageways such as alleyways
and corridors.
L.L. Cast, acting administrator
of UDSA’s Food Safety and Quality
Service, said USDA asked for
public comment on the issue
September 12, and of the 636
comments received by November
12, 581 favored the existing
regulations and 47 opposed them.
Cast said industry comments
generally expressed concerns
about the cost and need for
providing watering facilities in
livestock holding pens, and
questioned whether water needed
to be available at all times. Other
comments contended that
withholding water would be
inhumane.
“In evaluating the present
livestock water regulations, not
only did we analyze public com
ments, we also did a thorough
search of relevant literature,”
Cast said. “We did not find suf
ficient evidence to change the
present requirments.”
Notice of the policy was
published in the April 24 Federal
Register. The notice clarifies-the
intent of the regulations, Gast said.
The regulations, which implement
the Humane Methods of Slaughter
Act of 1978, were originally
published in the November 30,
1979, Federal Register.
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