Public Health (Livingstone Abattoir) (Slaughter of Western Province Cattle) Regulations (Cap. 295)

regulation 5 shall be dealt with and disposed of by the owner thereof in such manner as the Medical Officer of Health or Veterinary Officer shall direct. (No. 3 of 1934) 32. Any duly authorised officer, when inspecting carcasses, either whole or in halves or quarters or otherwise, may cut into any portion of a carcass during the course of his inspection, and no liability shall be incurred by reason of anything which he does for the purposes of inspection or examination. Any authorised officer can cut up carcass when inspecting 33. To meet cases of emergency, the Medical Officer of Health or the Veterinary Officer may authorise the suspension of all or any of these Regulations. Suspension of all or any of these Regulations 34. Any person guilty of an offence against or contravention of, or default in complying with, any provision of these Regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding seven hundred and fifty penalty units, and, if the offence, contravention or default is of a continuing nature, to a further fine not exceeding ninety penalty units for each day during which the offence, contravention or default continues. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) Penalties REGULATION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ABATTOIR AND TRANSPORT OF MEAT) REGULATIONS-APPLICATION Notice by the Minister The whole of the Regulations apply to City of Ndola.(No. 98 of 1932) SECTION 82-THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LIVINGSTONE ABATTOIR) (SLAUGHTER OF WESTERN PROVINCE CATTLE) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Government Notices 3 of 1939 497 of 1964 Act 13 of 1994 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Livingstone Abattoir) (Slaughter of Western Province Cattle) Regulations. Title 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "abattoir" means the municipal abattoir at Livingstone; "cattle" means cattle exported from the Western Province of Livingstone. 3. No cattle shall be slaughtered except in the abattoir and under the direct supervision and control of an official of the Veterinary Department. Slaughter to be under control of Veterinary Department 4. Cattle shall be slaughtered at such times as the official of the Veterinary Department controlling such slaughtering shall direct. Time of slaughtering 5. The organs contained in the chest cavity and the parietal pleura and any other portions (including the whole) of the carcasses of cattle, as the official of the Veterinary Department supervising the slaughtering shall direct, shall be destroyed by being incinerated within the abattoir enclosure. Portions of carcasses to be incinerated 6. Any official of the Veterinary Department may order the person in charge of the abattoir to take such precautions as such official may think fit to ensure that no cattle shall escape from the abattoir enclosure, and that the portions of carcasses which are to be destroyed under regulation 5 are efficiently incinerated. Precautions to be taken as ordered 7. If the person in charge of the abattoir fails to carry out any order given by the official of the Veterinary Department under the last preceding regulation, he shall be guilty of a breach of these Regulations. Failure to obey order to be an offence 8. Any person committing or assisting in the commission of a breach of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding seven hundred and fifty penalty units. Penalty (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT, ABATTOIR AND BUTCHERIES) REGULATIONS [ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS] PART I GENERAL Regulation 1. Title 2. Application of Regulations 3. Interpretation 4. No meat to be sold unless marked as fit for consumption 5. Obstruction of authorised officer 6. Onus of proof PART II MANAGEMENT OF ABATTOIRS 7. Abattoir provided by Local Authority 8. Persons slaughtering animals to comply with First Schedule 9. Dead or dying animals 10. Examination by Veterinary Officer before slaughter 11. Animals awaiting slaughter to be fed and watered 12. Straying animals 13. Animals to be slaughtered without delay 14. Exclusion of animals not intended for slaughter 15. Prevention of fouling of floors 16. Persons slaughtering to cleanse abattoir after use 17. Cleanliness in person and dress