Cameras in Slaughterhouses

In the next six months, the UK Foods Standards Agency will install video cameras in slaughterhouses.

March 1, 2010

The UK’s Food Standards Agency announced on Monday that in the next six months, it plans to install closed-circuit television cameras in the country’s slaughterhouses. The move follows two investigations, one during a European Union veterinary inspection and the other from Animal Aid, exposing poor hygiene standards and animal mistreatment in UK meat-cutting plants. While the agency cannot force plants to install the cameras, CEO Tim Smith hopes a slaughterhouse’s refusal to comply will serve as a warning that operators have something to hide, and encourage distributors to buy from plants that make their methods transparent.

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Cameras in Slaughterhouses

In the next six months, the UK Foods Standards Agency will install video cameras in slaughterhouses.

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