Humane-Aire® is a controlled atmosphere stunning system (CAS) developed specifically for poultry processing.
By reducing handling during harvesting, transporting, and stunning, Humane-Aire achieves a higher yield in a dramatically improved working environment. Protein processed with Humane-Aire prior to evisceration exhibits a much lower indication of stress, resulting in a superior product.
Humane Aire addresses
Step 5+ in GAP Animal
Welfare Standards
The Humane-Aire® system is the most advanced controlled atmosphere stunning system that addresses the need for sustainable processing while meeting the demands for improved animal welfare.
INCREASED YIELDS, IMPROVED ANIMAL WELFARE, AND BETTER EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.
The Humane-Aire CAS System provides an excellent return on your investment. CAS methods are recognized for their potential to improve animal welfare when compared to other stunning techniques. A biphasic method of CAS (involving consecutive phases of anesthesia and euthanasia) has been found to be more humane than anoxic or hypercapnic anoxic methods using argon or nitrogen.
Controlled Atmosphere Stunning
Has Important Welfare Advantages
“The U.S. poultry industry should move toward controlled atmosphere stunning.
The installation at the processing plant I visited in the United States was excellent. Moving the entire Bright Coop through the controlled atmosphere stunning eliminates the stressful shackling of live birds. The system was well designed and will be easy to maintain.
The video of the induction of anesthesia showed clearly that increasing CO2 slowly in stages resulted in birds that had a very mild reaction. There were absolutely no escape movements where the birds attempt to get out of the container. The video you showed in the conference room should be used as a training video for auditing.”
Dr. Temple Gradin