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Government sets out plans to ban CO2 in abattoirs
0The government is seeking views on proposals to replace carbon dioxide (CO2) stunning in abattoirs ‘more humane alternatives’, such as argon gas and automated electrical stunning. The proposals, flagged up last December in Defra’s Animal Welfare Strategy, were published on Monday, October 26. The consultation would seek views on the welfare benefits, costs, feasibility and potential timescales for moving away from CO2, ‘recognising businesses will need time to adapt’. High concentration carbon dioxide is used to stun and slaughter around 90% of pigs in UK abattoirs, but the government’s Animal Welfare Committee has highlighted serious concerns about the suffering it…