ORS 603.065: Slaughter methods.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Cattle, equines, sheep or swine shall be slaughtered by a licensee and handled in connection with slaughter, by any method which: (a) Renders each such animal insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before the animal is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or (b) Is in accordance with the ritual requirements of any 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) No licensee engaged in the slaughter of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 §11]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-029-0300: Ante-Mortem Inspection — implements
- OAR 603-029-0305: Ante-Mortem Inspection on Premises of State-Inspected Establishments — implements
- OAR 603-029-0310: Meat Animals Suspected of Being Diseased or Affected with Certain Conditions; Identifying Suspects; Disposition on Post-Mortem Inspection or Otherwise — implements
- OAR 603-029-0315: Dead, Dying, Disabled, or Diseased and Similar Meat Animals — implements
- OAR 603-029-0320: Meat Animals Showing Symptoms of Certain Metabolic, Toxic, Nervous, or Circulatory Disturbances, Nutritional Imbalances, or Infectious or Parasitic Diseases — implements
- OAR 603-029-0325: Swine; Disposal Because of Hog Cholera — implements
- OAR 603-029-0330: Epithelioma of the Eye — implements
- OAR 603-029-0335: Meat Animals Affected with Anthrax; Cleaning and Disinfection of Infected Meat Animal Pens and Driveways — implements
- OAR 603-029-0340: Cattle Affected with Anasarca and Generalized Edema — implements
- OAR 603-029-0345: Swine Erysipelas — implements
- OAR 603-029-0350: Onset of Parturition — implements
- OAR 603-029-0355: Vaccine Meat Animals — implements
- OAR 603-029-0360: Emergency Slaughter; Inspection Prior to — implements
- OAR 603-029-0365: Disposition of Condemned Meat Animals — implements
- OAR 603-029-0370: Brucellosis-reactor Goats — implements
- OAR 603-029-0375: Vesicular Diseases — implements
- OAR 603-029-0380: Meat Animals Suspected of Having Biological Residues — implements
- OAR 603-029-0385: Meat Animals Used for Research — implements
- OAR 603-029-0390: Official Marks and Devices for Purposes of Ante-Mortem Inspection — implements
- OAR 603-029-0705: Handling of Meat Animals — implements
- OAR 603-029-0710: Chemical; Carbon Dioxide — implements
- OAR 603-029-0715: Mechanical; Captive Bolt — implements
- OAR 603-029-0720: Mechanical; Gunshot — implements
- OAR 603-029-0725: Electrical; Stunning or Slaughtering with Electric Current — implements
- OAR 603-029-0728: Ritual Slaughter Practices and Exemption — implements
- OAR 603-029-0730: Tagging of Equipment, Alleyways, Pens, or Compartments to Prevent Inhumane Slaughter or Handling in Connection with Slaughter — implements
- OAR 603-029-2135: Department’s Voluntary Termination of Condemnation or Quarantine — implements
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