Video surveillance cameras in Spanish slaughterhouses become mandatory by the end of 2021

Video surveillance cameras in Spanish slaughterhouses become mandatory by the end of 2021

18 March 2021
AWO
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The Royal Decree requiring the installation of video surveillance cameras in slaughterhouses will be approved by the end of this year. As a result, Spain will be ahead of other European Union countries in approving this animal welfare regulation, as the installation of video surveillance systems in slaughterhouses has previously only been mandatory in the United Kingdom.

This project arose from Equalia's two and a half year campaign for mandatory CCTV cameras in all slaughterhouses, and thus received the support of ANICE (The National Meat Processing Industries Association of Spain), which proposed the installation of video surveillance systems in slaughterhouses in 2019, transferring this request to the Executive Directorate of AESAN (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition) in October of that year.

In line with the meat industry's commitment to animal welfare, the initiative aims to supervise the correct compliance with animal welfare conditions in slaughter establishments, with the understanding that this will improve companies' self-monitoring capacity and ensure the good work of workers, as well as compliance control by the Official Veterinary Services.