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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: macgro7 on January 18, 2018, 03:33:01 pm

Title: Requirements for poultry processing and selling
Post by: macgro7 on January 18, 2018, 03:33:01 pm

Small producers (i.e. if you produce less than 10k chickens a year) are allowed to slaughter and process their birds on farm. Do you know what requirements/regulations do you have to comply with to actually be able to legally sell your chickens to customers? Let's say we process around 2000 a year, I assume you need a clean and certified slaughter equipment. Do they have regulations for, for example, size of room, table?
What else should I check???

Title: Re: Requirements for poultry processing and selling
Post by: DenisCooper on January 19, 2018, 10:11:34 pm

I think you need to register with your local health and safety office.

there is quite a bit of information on the food.gov.uk site when I last researched it.

You need to make sure you keep track (dates, batch numbers, source etc) of the feed you use for traceability reasons.

https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/advice-to-businesses-selling-food-online_0.pdf (https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/advice-to-businesses-selling-food-online_0.pdf) - this for online selling but I think its the same principals.

Title: Re: Requirements for poultry processing and selling
Post by: Perris on January 20, 2018, 09:03:09 am

m7 have a look here, it's pretty comprehensive: https://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement (https://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement)