Animal Welfare Act
(AniWA)

¹ Mam­mals may not be slaughtered un­less they have been stunned be­fore the start of ex­san­guin­a­tion.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may also stip­u­late that oth­er an­im­als must be stunned be­fore they are slaughtered.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the per­mit­ted meth­ods of stun­ning.

⁴ After con­sulta­tion with the in­dustry or­gan­isa­tions, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall also reg­u­late the re­quire­ments with re­gard to the con­tinu­ing edu­ca­tion and train­ing of slaughter­house per­son­nel.