The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the … [Read more...]
Last year this slaughterhouse bought a pneumatic stunner from a German company and started to offer its' clients the option of having their cattle stunned before being cut for slaughter. This was a … [Read more...]
Today we gave an animal-welfare workshop to the auditors of Migros supermarket chain in Turkey, responsible for the meat selection at their stores and buying large quantities of meat directly from the … [Read more...]
Berker and Asalet from Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF are at the 3-day World Halal Summit in Turkey to attend the talks on animal slaughter for Halal meat and distribute information about improvements … [Read more...]
Today we held a promising first meeting with the Migros Quality Assurance Research and Development Manager and Meat Marketing Manager as well as colleagues from Quality Department at the main office … [Read more...]
Today we visited Baskent slaughterhouse near Ankara. We had been to this slaughterhouse several times before, to propose improvements. They had added solid side panels to part of their raceway to ease … [Read more...]
Halal certification is currently being granted through various different organizations in Turkey. The standards are to be consistent with Islamic law. TSE (The Turkish Standardization Institute) is a … [Read more...]
