| Document ID (ISN) | 26014 |
| CIS number |
76-2043 |
| Year |
1975 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
D'Haese R. |
| Title |
Safety and health in poultry slaughterhouses |
| Original title |
La sécurité dans les tueries de volailles. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Caisse régionale d'assurance maladie du Nord de la France, 11 boulevard Vauban, 59024 Lille Cedex, France, 12 June 1975. 21p. 5 ref. Gratis. |
| Abstract |
Communication to the Regional Technical Inter-occupational Committee for the Food Industries (Comité technique régional de l'alimentation-interprofessionnel), Lille, France. Background information on French legislation concerning abattoirs; description of a properly equipped poultry slaughterhouse and of the successive stages of poultry slaughtering and carcass processing; safety engineering, personal protection (non-slip floors; lighting; ventilation; cleanliness and hygiene; refrigerating plant and cold storage rooms; electrical hazards; noise; suitable equipment (knives, etc.); sanitary facilities and personal hygiene; first aid; lung disease; standing position; anti-tetanus vaccination (not compulsory)). Review of occupational diseases to which abattoir workers are exposed (especially zoonoses). In the author's opinion much is still to be done in France as regards the hygiene and health of abattoir personnel. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
birds; meat industry; slaughtering |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
lighting; safety engineering; welfare facilities; occupational diseases; France; noise; prohibited work; ventilation; housekeeping; first aid; legislation; cold workplaces; zoonoses |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Food industry
Animal hazards
Zoonoses
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