Cruelty to Animals Regulations (Animal Protection)(Geese Force Feeding) 2000
颁布于 2001 · 文本截至 2026-10-01
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- Livestock
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- animal welfare, animal feed/feedstuffs, slaughtering, poultry, birds
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1. Purpose: The purpose of these Regulations is to prevent the suffering of geese while being force-fed and fattened in order to produce goose liver (fois gras), and to halt the further expansion of the goose liver production's sector in Israel; that, in the spirit of the recommendations of the permanent committee set up by the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes of the European Council.
2. Definitions: In these Regulations - "Force-feeding" - an imposed feeding of the goose during the process of fattening. "Geese Fattening Farm" - a place where geese are being force-fed.
3. Operating a Force-feeding Farm: No person shall operate a Geese Fattening Farm save in accordance with these Regulations that should apply to the holding where the said Geese Fattening Farm is located, and to its staff, as well as to the treatment of the geese and to their Force-feeding.
4. Employees in the Force-feeding Farm: No person shall operate a Geese Fattening Farm unless he or she has employed a sufficient number of workers who are qualified in handling geese, and have the ability to asses their state of health and to understand variations in their behaviour.
5. The Process of Force-feeding: The process of the Force-feeding shall be carried out in the following manner: (1) The age and weight of the geese - (a) No goose aged less than 8 weeks of age, and that weighs less than 3.6 kilograms shall enter a Geese Fattening Farm; (b) The geese in the Farm shall be divided into two groups: (i) Geese that weigh between 3.6 and 3.8 kilograms; (ii) Geese that weigh is more than 3.8 kilograms. (2) The manner in which the Force-feeding is to be carried out - (a) a goose shall be force-fed only with pneumatic Force-feeding machinery; the Force- feeding tube shall be made of stainless steel; not more than 17 centimetres long; and with a diameter not bigger than 17 centimetres wide. (b) a goose shall be force-fed only when its gullet is empty. (c) a goose shall be force-fed with quantities no higher than those stated in the following table: Day of force-feeding Group A Group B (quantity in grams) (quantity in grams) 1 150 220 2 200 250 3 250 310 4 300 380 5 400 460 6 450 510 7 500 600 8 550 640 9 570 650 10 620 670 11 670 720 12 700 750 13 750 780 14 780 800 15 800 840 16 800 840 17 850 850 18 900 900 19 920 930 20 940 960 21 960 960 22 980 980 23 990 1,000 24 970 1,000 Total by the 24th day 16,000 17,000
6. Slaughter: In order to prevent an unnecessary suffering to the geese, the following instructions shall be applied during their slaughter: (1) If the average weight of the liver of 10 percent of the slaughtered geese has reached 700 grams in the period between the 20th and the 24th day from the commencement of the Force- feeding - the entire group shall be slaughtered. (2) The entire group shall be slaughtered after no more than 24 days since the commencement of the Force-feeding.
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