Section 17. All fresh meat condemned in the abattoir by an inspector as unfit for human consumption shall by order of the inspector be removed daily in the Council's cart to be destroyed or disposed of at such place and in such manner as the inspector may specify.

Section 19. (1) An authorised officer may cause any animal, or any epidemiological unit, infected or suspected to be infected with a prescribed disease or a national pathogen, whether or not present in any infected zone, to be slaughtered or destroyed in order to prevent the spread of the disease or pathogen, and for such purpose the authorised officer may give all such directions as the authorised officer considers necessary.


(3) Any animal destroyed under the provisions of this Act or which dies as the result of disease, shall be burnt or buried or otherwise disposed of as soon as possible in accordance with the orders, either general or particular, of the authorised officer and for such purposes the authorised officer may use any suitable ground in the possession or occupation of the owner of the animal.

Regulation 116. If the organoleptic examination, physical and chemical checks, checks on physical and sanitary soundness or temperature checks, reveal that the fishery products are not fit for human consumption , measures shall be taken to withdraw them from the market and denature in such a way that they cannot be re-used for human consumption.