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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on August 02, 2019, 11:32:45 am

Title: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on August 02, 2019, 11:32:45 am
Hi all,

We have home slaughtered our first lamb with the help of neighbours. Nothing has gone to waste, we have even made haggis, it's been a great experience even if a tad emotional until we got into swing of it. Just wondered about documentation. Do I just update my register with DEAD and document as home slaughter?

Thanks
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: twizzel on August 02, 2019, 01:08:26 pm
I think in England you would register in the movement book as a death and then attach the paperwork for disposal of the risk material- you say nothing went to waste but what happened to the bits you can’t eat? They must have been disposed of legally. 
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on August 02, 2019, 01:52:13 pm
Yes, gone with the knacker man. But we didn't get a certificate, I'll chase him up!
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on August 02, 2019, 02:18:40 pm
Although from my understanding of the rules, in Scotland at least, in a sheep under 12 months, there is no specific risk material, so does that mean that if you can find use for the head etc, it can be used without issue? I would quite like to decorate a sheep skull one day!
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: sheeponthebrain on August 03, 2019, 10:54:00 pm
isnt home slaughter now illegal in scotland? with the exeption of some of the more remote islands
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on August 03, 2019, 10:58:52 pm
As long as it's just for home consumption it's fine.
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: Woodsmoke on August 29, 2019, 04:23:38 pm
Quote from: sheeponthebrain on August 03, 2019, 10:54:00 pm
isnt home slaughter now illegal in scotland?

Nope, still perfectly legal subject to conditions  :thumbsup:

https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/downloads/Home_Slaughter_-_Scotland_revised_guidance_March_2019.pdf (https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/downloads/Home_Slaughter_-_Scotland_revised_guidance_March_2019.pdf)
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: Shhh2000 on September 23, 2019, 08:20:25 am
What about in England? Can we home slaughter for home consumption? What paperwork needs to be completed and who do we notify?
Title: Re: Documenting home slaughter
Post by: Dan on September 23, 2019, 03:20:58 pm
Summary: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/home-slaughter-of-livestock (https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/home-slaughter-of-livestock)

Detailed guidance: https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/home-killguide.pdf (https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/home-killguide.pdf)

SRM for sheep in England: https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/chapter19-srm.pdf (https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/chapter19-srm.pdf)

The SRM for sheep under 12 months of age is the spleen and the ileum.