Schlachtung: Amtliche Schlachttieruntersuchung bei Hausschlachtung anmelden

If you wish to slaughter pets or farmed ungulates outside an approved slaughterhouse, you must register with various public authorities.

Anyone wishing to slaughter or kill domestic animals or ungulates kept as farmed game outside an approved slaughterhouse for their own domestic consumption must register the animal in question with the competent authority:

• for official ante-mortem inspection if the person authorized to dispose of the animal has discovered a disturbance in the general condition of the animal immediately before the intended slaughter which is not due to an accident that occurred immediately beforehand,
• to register for official post-mortem inspection and
• in the case of pigs, horses or other hoofed animals that may be carriers of Trichinella, for official examination for Trichinella.
• The notification must state the intended date of slaughter or killing.

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Expertise in the stunning of vertebrates (animal welfare)

Anyone wishing to slaughter or kill domestic animals or ungulates kept as farmed game outside an approved slaughterhouse for their own domestic consumption must register the animal in question with the competent authority:

• for official ante-mortem inspection if the person authorized to dispose of the animal has discovered a disturbance in the general condition of the animal immediately before the intended slaughter which is not due to an accident that occurred immediately beforehand,
• to register for official post-mortem inspection and
• in the case of pigs, horses or other hoofed animals that may be carriers of Trichinella, for official examination for Trichinella.
• The notification must be made 3 days before slaughter, stating the intended place and time of slaughter or killing.

3 days before the time of slaughter

Home slaughtering is slaughtering carried out privately, outside of commercial slaughterhouses, with the aim of producing meat for human consumption in the home. Even in the case of home slaughter, it is essential to carry out an official ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of the animals to be slaughtered in order to avoid a risk to humans and animals. This applies to even-toed ungulates, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep; solipeds such as horses, rabbits and wild game, provided their meat is intended for human consumption.

Veterinary and food monitoring offices of the districts and independent cities

Forms: none
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: yes