ZMB- ΣA - LAIRAGE
FOOD SAFETY
Zambia / Food safety
INSPECTION
LAIRAGE (APPLIES TO LIVESTOCK AND FARMED WILD ANIMALS ONLY)
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9; No person shall bring any dead or dying animal into an abattoir without first obtaining the written consent of the Veterinary Officer.
10; When such is thought necessary by the meat Inspector and the same is reasonably practicable, any animal intended for slaughter for sale as food of man shall be examined by a Veterinary Officer before slaughter and for this purpose the meat Inspector may prohibit the slaughter of any animal until such an examination shall have been made, provided that slaughter may not be delayed more than 24 hour for this purpose.
11; All animals brought into abattoir shall be fed, watered and treated with due and proper care by the owner or his representatives and such owner or his representatives shall not suffer or cause such animals to be without food for more than twenty four hours nor to be at any time to be without sufficient quantity of wholesome water.
12; No animal shall be allowed to stray at large within the abattoir but shall be kept by the owner in the pens provided for that purpose.
13; Every person bringing or causing any animal to be brought in the abattoir shall cause the same to be slaughtered and the carcassess thereof, if passed, to be removed with the least possible delay, and in no case may any animal be kept in the abattoir awaiting slaughter for a longer period than 36 hours.
14; All animals brought into the abattoir shall , while awaiting slaughter, be watered and treated with due and proper care by the owner or his representatives, and such owner or representative shall not suffer or cause such animals to be without food for more than twenty-four hours or without a sufficient quantity of wholesome water.
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11; All animals brought into abattoir shall be fed, watered and treated with due and proper care by the owner or his representatives and such owner or his representatives shall not suffer or cause such animals to be without food for more than twenty four hours nor to be at any time to be without sufficient quantity of wholesome water.
13; Every person bringing or causing any animal to be brought in the abattoir shall cause the same to be slaughtered and the carcassess thereof, if passed, to be removed with the least possible delay, and in no case may any animal be kept in the abattoir awaiting slaughter for a longer period than 36 hours.
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20; Every person bringing into any abattoir either by himself or by his servants any animal which is diseased or suspected of being diseased shall take the same to the place, if any, set apart for the reception of such animals and, if no special place shall have been so set apart, shall inform the meat Inspector of having taken to the abattoir an animal diseased or suspected of being diseased and shall immedietely take such animal to a place in or part of the abattoir as the Meat Inspector may direct.
21; Any person slaughtering or assisting in slaughtering at any abattoir any animal which after slaughter is found or suspected to be diseased or abnormal shall take the carcasses of such animal to the place, if any, set apart for the reception of the carcasses of diseased animals and shall immedietely inform the meat inspector of having done so. If no special place shall have been set apart as aforesaid, any person slaughtering or assisting in slaughtering at any abattoir any animal which after slaughter is found or suspected to be diseased or abnormal shall mmediately inform the meat inspector of such findings or suspicion and shall take the carcass of such animal to such place in or part of the abattoir as the meat inspector may direct.
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11; All animals brought into abattoir shall be fed, watered and treated with due and proper care by the owner or his representatives and such owner or his representatives shall not suffer or cause such animals to be without food for more than twenty four hours nor to be at any time to be without sufficient quantity of wholesome water.
14; All animals brought into the abattoir shall , while awaiting slaughter, be watered and treated with due and proper care by the owner or his representatives, and such owner or representative shall not suffer or cause such animals to be without food for more than twenty-four hours or without a sufficient quantity of wholesome water.