Red Tractor is updating its guidance to help clarify current uncertainty around permitted methods of euthanasia on commercial pig farms. The guidance confirms that commercial pig farms must only use permitted methods of euthanasia, and clarifies that any blunt force trauma, including if used for piglets, must be in the form mechanical blunt force trauma – using a specifically designed device. As such producers should have the necessary equipment, such as a Cash Small Animal Tool, available on farm with staff trained to use it, including for piglets under 5 kg. Mechanical devices, where used for piglet euthanasia, must deliver…