Home Slaughter Of Livestock: A Guide To The Law In Northern Ireland

Intended audience:
This guide is applicable to:

• Keepers of animals who slaughter livestock on farm for their own consumption or by members of their immediate family living there.
• Enforcement Authorities who are responsible for the enforcement of Food Hygiene and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Regulations on farms.

Regional coverage:
This guide is applicable in Northern Ireland only. Parallel guidance applies in other parts of the UK.

Legal status:
This is intended to accompany relevant EU and national legislation relating to TSEs and meat hygiene.

Purpose:
To provide information on the law covering the home killing of livestock.