INSPECTION
LAIRAGE (APPLIES TO LIVESTOCK AND FARMED WILD ANIMALS ONLY)
Does the law establish minimum conditions for lairage of animals prior to slaughter?
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Section 15 (extract)
(1) All persons handling animals in a slaughterhouse shall comply
with the following requirements - (...)
(b) the moving of animals within the precincts of the slaughterhouse to their lairages must be done with care and without causing pain, suffering or fear, with the use of
suitable tools;
(c) slaughterhouses must be equipped with suitable stalls and pens where animals are to be kept, protected from adverse weather conditions, fed and given water.
Section 16 (2) Animals may be moved, lairaged and cared for in the slaughterhouse, restrained, stunned, slaughtered or humanely killed only by persons who are trained to perform these tasks.
(3) A person who slaughters an animal for private domestic consumption shall ensure that the animal be slaughtered in a way as to spare the animal any unnecessary pain, suffering, injury or fear, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Does the law require that animals must be kept in lairage facilities that do not compromise the animals' physiological condition or suitability for ante-mortem inspection?
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Does the law require the separation of various categories of animals in lairage (e.g. based on cleanliness or other risk factors)?
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Does the law require cleaning of animals in lairage?
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Does the law require appropriate withdrawal of food prior to slaughter?
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