Regulation 9 Casualty animals brought into slaughterhouses
The owner of the body of a casualty animal, the meat to be derived from which is intended for human consumption, shall bring the body of the animal or, where the body has been dressed, the meat, into a slaughterhouse for inspection by a meat inspector and shall ensure that the offal is identifiable with the carcase from which it was derived.
The person having charge of the slaughterhouse into which it is proposed to bring the body of, or the meat derived from, a casualty animal shall accept the body, or the meat, into the slaughterhouse only if there is furnished to him a statement signed by a veterinary surgeon containing the following particulars—
the reason for the animal having been slaughtered elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse,
that the animal was not at the time of slaughter suffering from any disease notifiable under the Animal Health Act 1981f1, and
any drug which, to the knowledge of the veterinary surgeon, has been administered to the animal before slaughter and which might affect the meat or blood derived from the animal.
A statement in terms of this regulation shall also be furnished to the meat inspector carrying out the inspection.
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