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Mississippi Code Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments § 75-35-8

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) For purposes of this chapter, the following methods of slaughtering and handling are declared to be humane:

(a) In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, ratites, nontraditional livestock, rabbits and other livestock, all animals are to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means which is rapid and effective before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or

(b) By slaughtering and handling in connection with such slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.

(2) In addition to the methods prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, the commissioner may designate as humane any methods of slaughtering and handling which have been so designated by the United States Secretary of Agriculture on or before April 7, 1981, pursuant to United States Code Section 7-1904. The commissioner is further authorized to designate as humane other methods of slaughtering and handling which have been demonstrated by research, investigation and experimentation to be humane with reference to the speed and scope of slaughtering operations and with reference to other existing methods and then current scientific knowledge.

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