Humane Handling of Livestock (PDF Only)

FSIS provides basic humane handling of livestock training, which describes how inspection personnel should approach the activities of ensuring handling and slaughter of livestock are humane and in compliance with humane slaughter laws. Inspection personnel at establishments also receive training on the thought process and systematic approach for the handling of animals as outlined in the recently revised humane handling directive (PDF Only). Recent training was issued using a situation based approach and included the following modules.

• Situation-Based Humane Handling Facilitator Guide Module 1 (PDF Only)
• Situation-Based Humane Handling Participant Guide Module 1 (PDF Only)
• Situation-Based Humane Handling Facilitator Guide Module 2 (PDF Only)
• Situation-Based Humane Handling Participant Guide Module 2 (PDF Only)