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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 1902. Humane methods
No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with
slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of
the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two
methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
(a) in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine,
and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain
by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other
means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled,
hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
(b) by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements
of the Jewish faith or any other 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 and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
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