Carcass-handling tool
Abattoir Meat Hook
Carcass suspension hardware
Graphic image
This photograph shows Carcass suspension hardware.
Graphic image
This photograph shows Carcass suspension hardware.
What it is
Steel hooks running on overhead rails. Carcasses and cuts are hung from them and moved through the plant after slaughter.
Where it sits in the system
Hooks and rails keep carcasses moving so that processing runs in sequence rather than stopping at each station.
Welfare concern
The animal is already dead. The hook causes no suffering of its own; what it shows is the scale and pace of the system that killed them.
Worth being precise about
Meat hooks normally handle carcasses and cuts after death, not conscious animals. This entry is here for the slaughter system the hook belongs to, not for direct harm.
