FOOD SAFETY

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Zimbabwe / Food safety

INSPECTION

POST-MORTEM INSPECTION (APPLIES TO MEAT FROM ALL ANIMALS, BOTH WILD AND FARMED, TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC)

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Does the law require that post-mortem inspection be conducted on animal carcasses/fishery products intended for trade to identify potential risks to human health? (Please note, inspection requirements may not apply uniformly to all traded species)

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Who bears the cost of conducting post-mortem inspection?

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Does the law require that post-mortem inspection must take place as soon as practicable after killing of animals or delivery of wild animal?

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Does the law clearly prescribe the post-mortem tests that must be performed and corresponding judgement criteria?

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Are any required post-mortem procedures based on risk?

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Are there exceptions or different procedures for meat/fish for self-consumption?

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If this is the case, does the law clarify what is understood as self-consumption (as opposed to community distribution)?

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If the law includes an exception for food for self-consumption, does it recognize the power of the competent authority to approve additional health measures or requirements to respond to new or emerging threats to animal or public health (e.g. to identify or fight a specific disease/zoonosis in animals used for personal consumption)?

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Does the law require that the post-mortem inspection must take account of all relevant information, including from primary production, harvesting (for aquatic species), ante-mortem inspection and (if relevant) hunters' reports?

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Does the law require the establishment operator to maintain the identity of the carcass/fishery product and other relevant parts where applicable until inspection is completed?

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Does the law empower inspectors to declare meat/fish either fit or unfit for human consumption?

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Does the law prescribe what must be done to meat/fish that is declared unfit for human consumption?

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Which kind of sanctions are imposed in case of offences (criminal, administrative) related to post-mortem inspection?

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