3-2016. Methods of slaughtering which are
humane
No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be
deemed to comply with the public policy of the state of Arizona unless it is
humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby
found to be humane:
1. In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock,
all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical,
chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted,
thrown, cast, or cut.
2. By slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith
or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal
suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and
instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
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