據歐盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，12月3日歐盟食品安全局就牛屠宰場的監控程序發布了意見，對牛屠宰過程中的動物福利指標進行了說明，并根據屠宰場的需要，根據不同的風險因素與情況，制定了普通與強化的監控措施。
部分原文報道如下：
This scientific opinion proposes toolboxes of welfare indicators for developing monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for bovines stunned with penetrative captive bolt or slaughtered without stunning. In particular, the opinion proposes welfare indicators together with their corresponding outcomes of consciousness, unconsciousness or death. In the case of slaughter with captive bolt stunning, the opinion proposes a toolbox of indicators and the outcomes to be used to assess consciousness in bovine animals at three key stages of monitoring: （a） after stunning and during shackling and hoisting; （b） during neck cutting or sticking; and （c） during bleeding.
原文鏈接：http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3460.htm
日期：2013-12-04
