If, as a slaughterhouse, you slaughter at least 50 livestock units per week or provide workers who bring animals to the slaughterhouse, stun, or bleed them, you must designate to the competent authority a responsible person with authority to issue instructions who ensures compliance with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act and the regulations enacted pursuant to that Act.
This requirement applies, for example, to subcontractors who have been commissioned by the slaughterhouse operator to perform the aforementioned activities. Even if a subcontractor designates a responsible person with authority to issue instructions, the slaughterhouse operator must also appoint an animal welfare officer.

Please note the following conversion of livestock units:

• Adult cattle and solipeds: 1 LU
• Other cattle: 0.5 LU
• Pigs weighing more than 100 kg: 0.2 LU
• Other swine: 0.15 LU
• Sheep and goats: 0.1 LU
• Lambs and goat kids, and piglets weighing less than 15 kg: 0.05 LU