[HappyHippy]

I've been asked about this and wondered if anyone had any info, advice or contacts for the central Scotland region.
Thanks in advance folks
Karen 

[janeislay]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is a home kill ?  We've killed our own pigs, a few year's ago, and plan to do so again.  We do kill and butcher our own sheep and wild deer, etc., regularly.  Only for our own consumption tho.

[little blue]

that's exactly it Jane, killing & butchering on your own premises.
Under English regs, you can only do this for your own comsumption, and it must be done humanely.

How did you kill yours?

[welshlass181]

In Wales it has to be done with a free roaming bullet (rifle or shotgun) or a captive bolt gun.  The farmer and his immediate house-hold are allowed to eat the meat.  You can kill them by gassing too but not 100% sure on the regulations on that ....... seems a bit ewww to me.  Better off shooting them.

[robert waddell]

just as little blue said       you have to dispose of the guts legally and skin it  unless you have a scalding tank      not everybody that holds a FAC is allowed to kill animals there is a technique to it    also the hygiene of the premises used a shitty old byre would not be a good place to perform this

[harry]

whats a free roaming bullet for shotguns??

[welshlass181]

whats a free roaming bullet for shotguns??

Not sure how it is a stated or categorised but you can do it with a shotgun (obviously you need a licence for a shotgun)

[harry]

just thinking ahead.... i have a shotgun..... can i kill a badly injured pig and then dispose by burning as i have with poultry

[janeislay]

My OH uses a .22 or a deer rifle, depending on the animal.  And we used to rear a lot of sea ducks in a Brooder House (indoor deep water baths etc with quarantine facilities).  When we retired from that we converted the building into a Butchery, complete with all equipment and a Chill Room.  It's very smart !  Here on the island a lot of folk used to kill and butcher their own sheep, me included.  We skinned the last pigs - which is why I'd quite like the next lot to go to the abattoir for the crackling 

 

[Tiva Diva]

Harry, you can kill an injured pig but you can't dispose of it by burning.
I was told by our trading standards people that ONLY THE SLAUGHTERER can eat the meat from a home kill, not even their family (though who's going to check I don't know).

[welshlass181]

I was told by our trading standards people that ONLY THE SLAUGHTERER can eat the meat from a home kill, not even their family (though who's going to check I don't know).

We got told it's the farmers/slaughtermans immediate household.  So if we killed one only myself, hubby and my son could eat it. 

[Tudful Tamworths]

We got told it's the farmers/slaughtermans immediate household.  So if we killed one only myself, hubby and my son could eat it.  

Not correct. Only the person doing the slaughtering is allowed to eat it.

[welshlass181]

Got it from this link.

http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/publication/homeslaughterlivestockwales.pdf

1.
“Home slaughter” is the slaughter of a livestock animal by its owner on their property for their own personal consumption or that of members of their immediate family living there. Home slaughter cannot take place in an approved slaughterhouse.

Not sure which or what is right now

[Bionic]

Welshlass
I am no authority on this subject but when viewing a property the owner told me that he had someone kill the pigs on the property and that only the family can consume them.  That fits in with what you have said.
Sally

[welshlass181]

I only go on what we researched online