A New Day in Controlled Atmosphere Stunning
Controlled atmosphere stunning systems (CAS) developed specifically for poultry processing.
Humane-Aire reduces the handling of poultry, increases the meat quality, and improves the working environment. See why Humane-Aire is the leading CAS system in North America.
Humane-Aire addresses
Animal Welfare
Standards
The Humane-Aire® system is the most advanced controlled atmosphere stunning system that addresses the need for sustainable processing while meeting the demands for improved animal welfare.
A biphasic method of CAS (involving consecutive phases of anesthesia and euthanasia) has been found to be more humane than anoxic or hypercapnic anoxic methods using argon or nitrogen.
BETTER EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Improve working conditions and reduce employee turnover with Humane-Aire. Birds remain in their transport crate from farm to shackle, eliminating the need to shackle live birds.
Controlled Atmosphere Stunning
Has Important Welfare Advantages
“The U.S. poultry industry should move toward controlled atmosphere stunning.
The installation at the processing plant I visited in the United States was excellent. Moving the entire Bright Coop through the controlled atmosphere stunning eliminates the stressful shackling of live birds. The system was well designed and will be easy to maintain.
The video of the induction of anesthesia showed clearly that increasing CO2 slowly in stages resulted in birds that had a very mild reaction. There were absolutely no escape movements where the birds attempt to get out of the container. The video you showed in the conference room should be used as a training video for auditing.”
Dr. Temple Gradin
Controlled Atmosphere Stunning. Effective High-Volume Poultry Stunning For Today’s Processors.
