[NewLifeOnTheFarm]

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

[twizzel]

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. 

[NewLifeOnTheFarm]

Yes, gone with the knacker man. But we didn't get a certificate, I'll chase him up!

[NewLifeOnTheFarm]

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!

[sheeponthebrain]

isnt home slaughter now illegal in scotland? with the exeption of some of the more remote islands

[NewLifeOnTheFarm]

As long as it's just for home consumption it's fine.

[Woodsmoke]

isnt home slaughter now illegal in scotland?

Nope, still perfectly legal subject to conditions 

https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/downloads/Home_Slaughter_-_Scotland_revised_guidance_March_2019.pdf

[Shhh2000]

What about in England? Can we home slaughter for home consumption? What paperwork needs to be completed and who do we notify?

[Dan]

Summary: 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

SRM for sheep in England: 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.