(a) Renders each such animal insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before the animal is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or
(b) Is in accordance with the ritual requirements of any religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
(2) No licensee engaged in the slaughter of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 ยง11]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers
Section 603.010 - Definitions.
Section 603.025 - Licenses required; application; term; renewal; surety bond; fee; rules.
Section 603.027 - Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules.
Section 603.031 - Additional users of establishment; fees; rules.
Section 603.038 - Licensing exemption for certain poultry processors.
Section 603.045 - Custom slaughter and processing regulations.
Section 603.065 - Slaughter methods.
Section 603.085 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 603.995 - Civil penalties; rules; disposition of penalty moneys.