Slaughterhouses: setting up a video slaughter control experiment

The data collected correspond only to the images captured on the bleeding and killing stations by the cameras (without sound) associated with the dates and times of the recordings.

These data can be consulted internally, for the purposes of self-monitoring of compliance with slaughter protocols and conditions of application of animal welfare regulations, and also by veterinary services.

They are kept for one month and then automatically erased. However, they may be extracted and stored, after this period, for use in training slaughterhouse staff (provided that it is impossible to identify the persons filmed) or for the purposes of judicial or administrative proceedings.

The experiment will last two years. Approved slaughterhouses which have obtained the agreement of the staff representatives may participate. Operators wishing to do so have nine months at most from 28 April 2019 to send their request to the prefect.