US Patent Issued to MAREL MEAT on Sept. 30 for "Method and system for pre-stunning and/or stunning animals" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,604, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MAREL MEAT A/S (Roskilde, Denmark).

"Method and system for pre-stunning and/or stunning animals" was invented by Leif Lykke (Holbaek, Denmark) and Steen Hegnsgaard Weihe (Holbaek, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for reducing animal reactions when exposed to a pre- stunning relaxation gas and/or stunning gas during a pre-stunning and/or stunning process. The method includes exposing at least one animal to a pre-stunning relaxation gas and/or stunning gas for an exposure period and exposing at least one animal to at least one smell additive at least during a part of ...