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industry slaughter guidelines
k Grandin T, 2003 restaurant welfare audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork
slaughter plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2003.restaurant.audits.html)
l Grandin T, 2004 restaurant animal welfare audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected U.S. and
Canadian beef, veal, pork, lamb, and poultry slaughter plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2004.restaurant.
audits.html)
m Grandin T, 2005 restaurant animal welfare audits of federally inspected beef and pork slaughter plants. (http://
www.grandin.com/survey/2005.restaurant.audits.html)
n Grandin T, 2006 restaurant animal welfare audits of federally inspected beef, pork, and veal slaughter plants.
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/2006.restaurant.audits.html)
Notes
Table 26. Industry Audits of U.S. Pig Slaughter Plants
Year Plants
Audited a
Stunning b Sensibility c Prod Use d
1996 e 11 56 91 NA
1999 f 19 95 89 NA
2000 g 19 89 84 NA
2001 h 20 88 90 NA
2002 i 23 95 91 NA
2003 j 24 91 93 26
2004 k 40 90 93 56
2005 l 28 100 90 36
2006 m 20 100 NA 41
a Not all plants were audited on all measures of animal welfare; therefore the sample sizes for each measure
(stunning, sensibility, vocalizing and prod use) are typically smaller than the total number of plants audited.
b Percent of plants with correct stunning wand placement on 99 to 100 percent of animals.
c Percent of plants with 100 percent of animals insensible on the bleed rail.
d Percent of plants using electrical prods on 5 percent or less of animals. AMI standard is 25 percent or less of
animals.
e Grandin T, Survey of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef, veal, pork, and sheep slaughter plants.
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/usdarpt.html)
f Grandin T, 1999 audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork plants.
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/99.audits.beef.pork.html)
g Grandin T, 2000 McDonald’s audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork plants.
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/2000McDonalds.rpt.html)
h Grandin T, 2001 restaurant audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork slaughter
plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2001.restaurant.audits.html)
i Grandin T, 2002 restaurant audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork slaughter
plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2002.restaurant.audits.html)
j Grandin T, 2003 restaurant welfare audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork
slaughter plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2003.restaurant.audits.html)
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