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British Poultry Council: https://www.britishpoultry.org.uk/
NFU Poultry: https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/poultry/
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA): https://www.hsa.org.uk/
Red Tractor Assurance: https://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/
British Goose Producers: http://www.geese.cc/index.html
National Game Dealers Association (NGDA): https://www.nationalgamedealersassociation.co.uk/
British Game Alliance (BGA): https://www.britishgamealliance.co.uk/
Slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares on farms for small-scale suppliers - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs:
http://Slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares on farms for small-scale suppliers
Get a certificate of competence or licence to slaughter or kill animals
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-a-certificate-of-competence-or-licence-to-slaughter-or-kill-animals
Slaughterhouses, knacker's yards and farms: inspections and penalties
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/slaughterhouses-knackers-yards-and-farms-inspections-and-penalties
Red and white meat slaughterhouses: standard operating procedures
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-and-white-meat-slaughterhouses-standard-operating-procedures
White meat slaughterhouses: unloading, handling and holding, restraining, stunning, killing
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/white-meat-slaughterhouses-unloading-handling-and-holding-restraining-stunning-killing
Halal and kosher slaughter
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/halal-and-kosher-slaughter
EU regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32009R1099&from=EN
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1782/contents/made
Mandatory use of CCTV in slaughterhouses
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cctv-in-slaughterhouses-rules-for-operators
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance)
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:303:0001:0030:EN:PDF
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/951/contents/made
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/uk135253.pdf
AWT (Animal Welfare Training) Poultry Welfare Officer - Processing
http://www.awtraining.com/AWT/Welfare_Officer_Courses.html
AWT (Animal Welfare Training) Senior Welfare Officer - Processing
http://www.awtraining.com/AWT/Senior_Welfare_Officer.html
HSA welfare of food animals during transport, marketing and slaughter
https://www.hsa.org.uk/training--education/training--education
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
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-of-animals-at-the-time-of-killing-licence-application
HSA Practical Slaughter of Poultry
PDF guide
Food Standards Agency - Meat premises and slaughter
http://Meat premises and slaughter
Food Standards Agency - Animal Welfare
https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/animal-welfare
The Code of Good Shooting Practice
http://www.codeofgoodshootingpractice.org.uk/
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