Petition for Rulemaking Pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-4007(A): Minimum Welfare Standards for the Transport of Live Poultry to Slaughter
Animal Partisan filed a petition for rulemaking with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Department”), urging the Department’s Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Board”) to “adopt regulations setting minimum welfare standards for the transport of live poultry to slaughter.” The advocacy organization specifically requests that the Board promulgate regulations “detailing required enclosure specifications and features; minimum ventilation standards and temperature-monitoring hardware and temperature tolerances for conveyances; and guidance for the safe and humane handling of birds by employees and contractors.”
[To accompany Agency Update "Legal Advocacy Group Petitions Virginia Agriculture Board for Regulations Setting Minimum Welfare Standards for the Transport of Poultry to Slaughter" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 202]