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Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange (HIKE)
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In a continuing effort to enhance and improve the knowledge and understanding of humane handling and slaughter laws, regulations, directives, notices, etc., the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1978 [7 USC 1901 - 1906] states that the handling and slaughtering of livestock are to be carried out only by humane methods. The Federal Meat Inspection Act [21 USC 601 et seq.] authorizes Federal Meat Inspectors to inspect, verify compliance, and enforce humane methods of handling and slaughtering of livestock so as to prevent needless suffering of animals. FSIS personnel verify that an establishment is meeting these requirements by performing procedure 04C02 daily and recording the results on the procedure schedule for each inspection shift.

Introduction and Use of the Humane Interactive Knowledge Exchange (HIKE)

HIKE for Comment
FSIS will use this page to present newly developed HIKE scenarios before they are distributed to inspection program personnel. Preliminary HIKE scenarios will be posted for a period of 5 working days. During this period, inspection personnel, industry, consumers, and others will have an opportunity to review and comment on the HIKE.

HIKE Scenarios
HIKE allows, through the use of fictional scenarios, an employee to review FSIS requirements, and hopefully, to correlate with his or her work-group and supervisor regarding the application of those requirements.



Last Modified: April 9, 2008

 

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