2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 562-A: PREPARATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
22 §2521. Humane methods of slaughter

Subtitle 2: HEALTH

Part 5: FOODS AND DRUGS

Subchapter 4: SLAUGHTER HEADING: PL 1999, C. 777, §1 (NEW)

§2521. Humane methods of slaughter

A method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering does not comply with the public policy of the State unless it is humane. Either of the following 2 methods of slaughtering and handling are humane: [1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW).]

1. Humane slaughter. In the case of livestock, rendering animals insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective before they are shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or

[ 1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW) .]

2. Ritual slaughter. Slaughtering and handling in accordance with the ritual requirements of a 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.

[ 1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW).