Animal (Poultry) Feed Control Regulations 1978 (G.N. No. 16 of 1978)

4. Offences Any person who (a) contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulation made under it; (b) for the purposes of, or in connection with, this Act or any regulation made under it (i) makes a statement which he knows or ought to have known to be false or misleading in a material particular; (ii) personates or falsely represents himself to be a person entitled to a document; (iii) alters a document; (iv) produces or makes use of a document which is false or misleading in a material particular or has been altered, unless he proves that he had no knowledge that the document was false, misleading or had been altered, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. Related documents: Animal (Poultry) Feed Control Regulations 1978 GN No. 16 of 1978 23rd January Regulations made by the Minister under section 3 of the Animal Feed Control Act 1977 1. These regulations may be cited as the Animal (Poultry) Feed Control Regulations 1978. 2. In these regulations "Government Analyst" includes a Senior Chemical Laboratory Assistant, Chemical Laboratory Assistant, Principal Forensic Science Officer, Scientific Officer (Forensic Science) and Senior Forensic Laboratory Assistant; "import" means to bring or cause to be brought within Mauritius or the waters thereof; “Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Environment; “permit" means a permit to import poultry feed issued under regulation 6. 3. Subject to the other provisions of these regulations, no person shall (a) import, manufacture or sell; (b) without lawful or reasonable excuse have in his custody, possession or control, any poultry feed which contains any compound specified in the first column of the First Schedule or any of its derivatives specified in the second column of that Schedule. 4. An authorised officer may (a) enter at all reasonable times any premises, where poultry feed is kept, manufactured or sold; (b) for purposes of analysis or control, take free of charge, a reasonable quantity of poultry feed as sample. 5. No person shall import poultry feed unless he holds a permit to that effect from the Permanent Secretary. 6. (1) The Permanent Secretary may (a) on application made in such form as may be approved by the Minister; (b) on being satisfied that any poultry feed to be imported does not contain any compound specified in the first column of the Firs Schedule or any of its derivatives specified in the second column of that Schedule; and (c) on payment of a fee of Rs 5, issue a permit to the applicant in the form set out in the Second Schedule. (2) A permit issued under paragraph (1) (a) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Permanent Secretary may impose whether at the time of issue or during the currency of the permit; (b) shall be kept by its holder on his trade premises for a period of six months after the date of importation; (c) shall be produced on demand to an authorised officer; and (d) may be cancelled where its holder contravenes any of these regulations or fails to comply with any of the conditions attached to the permit. 7. Where a sample of poultry feed is taken under regulation 4(b) (a) the authorised officer taking the sample shall issue a receipt indicating the approximate amount of the sample; (b) every sample shall, unless the quantity secured is insufficient for the purpose, be divided into three parts, each part being placed in a parcel with a label bearing the date on which the sample was taken. the signature of the authorised officer and such other particulars as may be necessary for the identification of the sample; (c) the three parcels shall be sealed and one shall be forwarded to a Government Analyst for analysis, one shall be delivered to the person from whom the sample was taken and one shall be kept by the authorised officer. 8. (1) Where the report from a Government Analyst shows that any sample under regulation 7 contains any compound specified in the first column of the First Schedule or any of its derivatives specified in the second column of that Schedule, the Permanent Secretary shall give notice thereof in writing to the person from whom the sample was taken. (2) The person to whom a notice under paragraph (1) is given shall, if proceedings are instituted against him for an offence, produce in Court the sample, if any, delivered to him. Made by the Minister on the 17th January 1978. FIRST SCHEDULE (regulation 3, 6(l), 8) Names of Compounds Derivatives of Compounds UREA HORMONES ... 1. Sex Steroids (a) (i) Natural testosterone Androsterone (ii) Semi synthetic-methyl testosterone (b) Questrogens (i) Natural Oestradiol Oestriol Oestrone (ii) Semi synthetic-ethinyloes-tradiol (iii) Synthetic-Dienoestrol Diethylstdboestrol (strilboestrol) Hexoestrol (c) Progestogens (i) Natural-progesterone (ii) Semi synthetic-ethinyl-testosterone (iii) Synthetic-Allylestrenol 2. Protein hormones (a) Anterior pituitary trophing (i) Follicular stimulating hormone (ii) Luteinising hormone (iii) Luteotrophin or prolactin (b) Placental hormones (i) Serun gonadotrophin (ii) Chorionic gonadotrophin (c) Posterior pituitary hormone (i) Oxytocin ANTIBIOTICS ... Penicillins, Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Chloramphenicol, Streptomycin, Bacitracin, Noomycin, Polymixin B, Puromycin, Viomycin, Cycloserine, Nystatin ANTIMONIALS ... Antimony trichloride, antimony barium tartrate ARSENICALS ... Arsenilic acid, sodium arsenilate, arsenic trioxide, lead arsenate, sodium arsenite and sodium glycarsennate SECOND SCHEDULE (regulation 6 (1)) DVS File/ Reduit POULTRY FEED Mauritius This permit is .............................. valid till .......................................... IMPORT PERMIT FOR POULTRY FEED Mr/Messrs ............................................................ is/are hereby authorised to import from Provided 1. The poultry feed is clearly marked on each bag. 2. The poultry feed in every consignment is accompanied by (i) a certificate from the Manager of the Manufacturing Firm stating that the poultry feed does not contain UREA, HORMONES. ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIMONTALS, ARSENICALS; (ii) a certificate from a qualified Chemist employed by the Manufacturing Firm stating (a) the minimum amount of crude protein in the feed; (b) the minimum amount of crude fat in the feed; (c) the maximum amount of crude fibre in the feed; (iii) a Veterinary Certificate stating that (a) the feed has been manufactured in a recognized factory; (b) all ingredients of animals origin have been sterilised to render the meat/mash free from any animal contagion. (The certificate should clearly state the method of sterilization employed); (c) the feed is packed in new jute or new hessian paper bags; (d) the feed originates from an area of 50 miles radius in which no Foot and Mouth disease and Rinderpest outbreak has occurred for the last six months nor has the consignment crossed any infected area infected with these en route to the port of shipment. N.B. (i) If the Certificate does not conform to the conditions laid down in this permit, the landing of poultry feed will not be allowed. (ii) The date and number of this permit must be stated on the Veterinary and other certificates by the issuing authority. (iii) This permit is issued in respect of one shipment only. For further consignments, fresh permits are required.