Quebec abattoir that slaughters horses temporarily closes

UPDATE: The CHDC has learned from a valuable source that Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation horse slaughter plant (LPN) resumed operations on Thursday, February 23rd. According to the source, LPN has now modified the plant to enable the use of a rifle instead of a captive bolt gun to stun horses and “obtain better results”.…

How will Canadian rules impact slaughter exports

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is making it mandatory that any horse being slaughtered for human consumption must be accompanied by its rather cumbersome Equine Identification Document. CFIA came up with this horse health tracking mechanism in response to an EU mandate that horses from North America must be quarantined for six months prior…