Licence

Slaughterer in Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses (England, Wales)

You need a full or temporary Certificate of Competence to perform many of the tasks required in a slaughterhouse.

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A Certificate of Competence (CoC) from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is needed to do any of the following in an FSA-approved slaughterhouse:

  • handle animals before they’re restrained
  • restrain animals for stunning or killing
  • stun animals
  • check stunning has worked
  • shackle or hoisting live animals
  • bleed live animals
  • religious slaughter
  • pithing of a stunned animal
  • check pithing has worked

How much it costs

A £25 fee to apply for a full CoC is payable to the FSA.