date:May 21, 2012
Under the new requirements, each abattoir will be required to designate an Animal Welfare Officer who must be on the premises to monitor and take responsibility for animal welfare. This and other measures are due to take effect in 2013.
Only employees that have undertaken specific animal welfare officer training will be eligible to be designated, said Katrina Hodgkinson, Minister for Primary Industries.
The measures were announced after Animal Liberation, an animal rights group, released video