Section 13
of Wholesome Meat (Slaughtering Centres) Regulations, 2011
Section 13
(1)
The Director may issue to licensees such written directives as he thinks
• necessary for the proper control and management of the licensed slaughtering centres.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of sub-regulation (1), the Director may issue written directives 147
(a} regulating the time, place and manner of slaughter of any particular animal or animals in a licensed slaughtering centre;
{bj requiring licensees to implement such quality assurance programmes as the Director thinks fit;
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(c)
prescribing standards to regulate the exposure of meat and meat products to microbial and chemical contaminants;
(d)
prohibiting the slaughter of any animal in a licensed slaughtering centre unless an authorised examiner is present while the slaughter is being carried out;
(e)
requiring the licensee to inform the Director or an authorised officer whenever -
(i)
any animal intended for slaughter at a licensed slaughtering centre dies before it is slaughtered;
(ii)
the licensee knows or has reason to believe that any animal intended for slaughter at the licensed slaughtering centre is infected with any ailment or disease, is injured or has been treated with or exposed to any harmful substance; or
(iii)
any animal, upon being slaughtered at the licensed slaughtering centre, is found to have been diseased, injured or treated with or exposed to any harmful substance;
(f)
requiring that animal or carcass of any animal be examined by an authorised officer prior to its destruction and disposal;
(g)
regulating -
(i)
the treatment or destruction of any animal that is diseased, injured or otherwise unfit for slaughter or for use in the production of meat or meat products; and
(ii)
the destruction and disposal [as the case requires) of any carcass or other waste matters;
(h}
regulating the use of labels, tags, dye-stuffs or any other substance in connection with the marking or tagging of carcasses in a licensed slaughtering centre;
(if prohibiting the keeping or use in a licensed slaughtering centre of any harmful substance and regulating the disposal of such substance; and
(j}
requiring the licensee to furnish at such times and in such manner as the Director may specify, such information as he may require relating to the operation and functioning of the a licensed slaughtering centre.
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(3)
Where the Director has reason to believe that any meat or meat product which has been produced in a licensed slaughtering centre use is adulterated, contaminated or otherwise' unfit for human consumption, the Director may issue a written directive to the licensee of the slaughtering centre requiring him to forthwith recall all stocks and to cease the sale, supply or distribution, of the meat or meat product.
(4)
Any licensee who, without lawful excuse, fails to comply with any written directive issued under this regulation is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Offences to be compoundable.