CO2 stunning for poultry – worldwide interest

Globally, the interest in CO2 stunning systems for poultry is growing, in particular those with a five-six minute CO2 recipe. Meyn Food Processing Technology, Marel Stork and a Wageningen scientist give their views on the latest developments. There are two types of stunning systems commercially used for poultry, a water bath system and controlled atmosphere stunning with CO2. Worldwide the water bath stunning system is the most used system. Since 1st January 2013 the new EU legislation 1099/200