WHY CHOOSE HUMANE-AIRE?
THE HUMANE SOLUTION
Animal Welfare
It’s no doubt that poultry producers work hard to ensure every animal is cared for properly throughout it’s life. Humane-Aire will work alongside producers to help ensure that culture of care is continued throughout transportation to processing. Humane-Aire CAS is the most humane method of stunning in the industry.
Less Handling, Less Stress
Birds remain in the original transport cage until after stunning and before shackling. Fluttering during shackling is eliminated, as are damaged carcasses. CAS reduces handling because the birds are stunned in the original crates and not handled until after stunning, when they are relaxed from the gas.
IMPROVED MEAT QUALITY
Higher Yields
Fewer downgrades from blood spots and fractures, less trimming and better color.
Maintains Constant Picking Window
Controlled cycle time assures easy, consistent picking of a relaxed bird.
Consistant And Predictable Birds
The continuous inline stunner helps birds to maintain consistent bleed out times, chilling times and feather picking. Unlike other batch type stunning systems where the birds are unpredictable. Also, D.O.A. birds are easily identified with the continuous inline stunner at the time of shackling.
LABOR SAVINGS AND LOWER EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
Higher Employee Morale
Greatly improved working conditions in what is traditionally the least desirable department of the production facility.
Cleaner Work Area
Less fluttering and stressed bird handling translates to minimal dust, feathers, dirt, excrement, noise and debris.
A Leaner System
Humane-Aire requires less manpower at each stage – collection, offloading, stunning and shackling. There are fewer variables than traditional electrical shock systems; less disruption and more predictable results.
MARKETING
Marketing Opportunities
Today’s protein buyer – both trade and consumer – is more aware than ever of feed sources, product quality and processing. An educated consumer is more apt to purchase quality product – and less likely to settle for a commodity. That’s why Humane-Aire is helping poultry processors distinguish themselves in the marketplace.
More Marketable Product
The retailer and foodservice operator sells a consistently better protein that displays better.
Adoption By Large Scale QSR
Responding to consumer input for humane processing, several large quick serve restaurants have recently announced their preference for supplies using CAS processing.
CO2 COST SAVINGS
Offers Options In CO2 Purchasing
Unlike CAK systems, Humane-Aire does not require OEM carbon dioxide, allowing you to leverage your CO2 purchasing for greater flexibility.
Recycles CO2 For Lower Costs
Greater effectiveness in stunning, through specially designed tunnel, which results in efficient use of recycled CO2.
Controlled Atmosphere Stunning. Effective High-Volume Poultry Stunning For Today’s Processors.
