Section 19

Where the Director or an authorised officer knows or has reason to believe that the carcass of any animal which has been slaughtered at a licensed slaughtering centre is diseased or is, for any other reason, unfit for human consumption, the Director or authorised officer may by order in writing -

{a)

prohibit the owner or occupier of the licensed slaughtering centre from dressing that carcass; and

{b)

require the owner or occupier of the licensed slaughtering centre to destroy or treat such carcass at his own expense in such manner as the

Director or the authorised officer thinks fit.

Any person who fails to comply with an order under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.