After our HMC audit in June, I’m looking for reputable CPD to strengthen staff training on Shariah compliance and humane pre-slaughter handling… We process around 30 chickens each morning; any accredited courses that cover correct tasmiya, knife sharpness checks, and record-keeping inspectors accept?
“cover correct tasmiya, knife sharpness checks, and record-keeping inspectors accept?” We got solid results with HFA’s halal slaughter CPD plus an HSA knife-maintenance session, then a pre-shift tasmiya/knife check sheet the slaughterman signs — our HMC auditor and EHO accepted it. Do you want online or a one-day on-site?
After our last HMC visit we put the team through FDQ Level 2 WATOK (poultry, religious rite), which covered humane handling and the ‘record-keeping inspectors accept?’ bit, and it gave us a simple pre-op blade test we log against each morning’s batch of 30. Are you working no-stun or reversible-stun right now? Either way, just make sure the provider delivers the religious-rite pathway rather than a stunning-only route.
If an immobilizer “randomly” fails to read, I record voltage during crank and do a quick ground-drop test — “low voltage = no transponder read” has saved me a bunch; it’s like blaming the sausage when the knife’s dull. Apprenticeships teach that instinct fast, but a short CAN-bus/electronics class fills the gaps — anyone else log V before touching keys?
First cue: K >=6 with low Ca on those ‘07:15’ draws; recheck Mg/ALP; exclude hemolysis?
I keep a laminated “show your source” card on the butcher block with the exact citation and a QR to the current eCFR page; scanning it during pre-op saves me from hunting links in the dark. If you don’t want to mess with QR codes, a pinned link to https://www.ecfr.gov/ on the shop tablet works almost as well. Handy trick, but I still block 15 minutes monthly to check if the wording changed before I teach it again.