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40.—(1) No person may stun poultry by exposure to gas unless—
(a)each bird is exposed to the gas for long enough to ensure it is killed; and
(b)in the case of stunning poultry in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(c) of this Schedule—
(i)stunning takes place on the premises where the poultry have been kept for the production of meat, eggs or other products; and
(ii)the owner of the poultry gives prior written notice to the competent authority, not less than five working days from the date on which the stunning takes place.
(2) No person may stun poultry by exposure to gas except in accordance with Table 3 Chapter I of Annex I.
(3) The business operator and any person engaged in the stunning of poultry by exposure to gas must ensure that—
(a)the gas stunner, including any equipment used for conveying poultry through the gas, is designed, constructed and maintained so as to avoid injury to a bird;
(b)the gas stunner is equipped to maintain the gas concentration, as appropriate, in the gas stunner (in accordance with Table 3 of Chapter I of Annex I);
(c)there is a means of visually monitoring poultry which are in the gas stunner;
(d)there is a means of flushing the gas stunner with atmospheric air with the minimum of delay;
(e)there is a means of access to any poultry with the minimum of delay;
(f)the gas stunner is equipped with devices to—
(i)measure and continuously display the gas concentration, as appropriate, in the gas stunner (in accordance with Table 3 of Chapter I of Annex I); and
(ii)give clearly visible and/or audible warning signals if the gas concentration falls below the required level (in accordance with Table 3 of Chapter I of Annex I);
(g)no poultry enter the gas stunner at any time when the visible and audible warning signals have been activated or when there is any defect in the operation of the gas stunner;
(h)poultry which arrive at the gas stunner in a transport crate and which are removed from the crate before entering the gas stunner are handled with care in a way that does not cause avoidable pain, distress or suffering; and
(i)after exposure to the gas nothing more is done to a bird until it is ascertained as dead.
(4) No person may operate a gas stunner consisting of a poultry shed or other building previously sealed to stun poultry by exposure to gas except under the direct supervision of a veterinary surgeon.
(5) In sub-paragraph (4), “poultry shed” means a building designed and constructed to house poultry that has been previously sealed so as to be capable of containing the gas mixtures in Table 3 of Chapter I of Annex I.
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