The development of an alternative method to CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs
What the buyer wrote
The Authority is looking for a supplier for the development of an alternative method to high concentration CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs. The stunning of pigs by direct exposure to high concentrations of Carbon dioxide (30% and above) is commonly used for commercial slaughter of pigs. Research has shown that pigs find direct exposure to high concentrations of CO2 aversive. This has been acknowledged by both the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). FAWC in its 2003 Report on Animal Welfare recommended that this method should be phased out, whilst EFSA's 2004 report confirmed the efficacy of the method but noted that it resulted in r…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- The development of an alternative method to CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 1 Oct 2017
- Work ends
- 1 Oct 2019
- Kind of work
- Environmental consultancy
Who the buyer named
The buyer published a contact address on this notice.