Moves away from CO2 gas stunning have ‘huge evidence gaps’, say MPs

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Josh Newbury MP for Cannock Chase said in an Efra Committee meeting this week that there “are huge gaps in the evidence” on the use of alternative methods

MPs have questioned Defra’s decision to launch a consultation on moving away from CO2 gas stunning for pigs when there are yet to be full trials of alternative methods including argon gas

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