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Regulation No. 17896 on the creation and operation of private and public combines

Made 1982-12-12 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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English
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Regulation
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European Union
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Türkiye
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Food and nutrition, Livestock
Keywords
animal health, inspection, slaughtering, hygiene/sanitary procedures, meat, food safety and quality

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  1. REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAffiS General Directorate of Protection and Control THE REGULATION ON CREATION AND OPERATION OF !'RIV ATE AND PUBLIC COMBINES (12 December 1982 No: 17896) Purpose: CHAPTER ONE General Provisions l'ARTONE Pul]lose, Scope, Legal Basis, Applicable Laws and Definitions Article 1- The purpose oftbis Regulation is to define the rules for founding and operating Meat Combines to be established in accordance with the Law No. 2678. Scope: Article 2-This Regulation covers the procedures for submitting applications and issuing of licenses for meat combines to be established within or outside tile bouodaries of municipalities; and minimum technical, environmental and general hygiene requl.reu1euts which such combines should fulfill; and health control and inspection services to be c11nied 011t there in. Legal Basis: Article 3-ThisRegulation has been drafted on the basis of Article I of the Law No 2678 on "lncol]Jorating a sub par;graph to paragraph 5 of Article l5 of the Municipalities Law No . 1580 ". 2 Applicable Laws and Regulotions : Artide 4- The following laws and re,wlations have been taken into account in defining mies governing execution of services specified in Article 2 hereof: Revised Articles 15 and 19 of the Municipalities Law No. 1S80; paragraph O of Article 10 with number 3017, 191, 268, 275 of the General Hygiene Law No 1593 ; Articles 9, 19, 20 of the Law No. 3203 on Duties and Organiz.ational Structure of the Ministry of Agriculture; 1,2,4, and 18 ufthe Law No. 6343 un pe1fmm11111;e ufVeteriumy services and organizational stmctnre and responsibilities of tbe Union and Chambers of Veterinarians~ Articles 137-141. 144-162. 166-182 of the., Regulation on Slaughterhouse Construction". and the "Regulation on Specific Characteristics of Foodstuff and Goods ads Materials Relating to Public Hygiene", Articles 459-503 of 1he Regulation on Animal Health Police; the Regu]ation on Inspection of Meats; the Regulation No. 208 ou Establishments not Conforming to Hygiene Requirements; and the regulations on '' Slaughtering and Flaying'• aud '• Salting, Conservation, Packing 110d Transponation of Raw SI.tins Produced in Slaughterhouses''. Definitions: Article S.. As used above and throughout this Regulation, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter defined: I)"Combine" shall mean work places where live !:>1ock. are slaughtered in conformity with teclmologic requirements; and viscera and other associated products thereof are properly cleaned and processed iu accordance with established procedwes; and meats are conserved after being cooled and/or frozen; and cut into pieces, processed, packaged and which have obtained certificates from competent authorities. ll)"Statnp" shall mean a stamp made in accordance with rules defined iu Article 490 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police acceptable to inspection authorities. Ill)" Carcass" shaU mean the body of a slaughtered ammal atter Jetting its bJood drain out and severing its head and feet. IV)''Live stock" shall mean cattle, water buffalo, cim.d sheep, goat anrl pig. 3 Af 1Cattle'' shull mean cattle, water buffalo, camel, B)" Small animal" shall mean sheep and goat. vr'ht.spection Official'' shall tnean a goverument official appointed bv the Government to perform health inspection including meat inspection. Vll)"Re.sponsible Technical Manager" shall mean a veterinary appointed in accordance with the Law No. 6343 and with the consent of the regional chamber of veterinarians he/she has registered with who is responsible for maintaining the establishment iu conformity with general hygiene conditions and for production aud conservation of meat and meat products in. accordance with applicable laws and regulations as well as health inspections of the personnel thereof Vl)"Inspection Veterinary" shall mean a veterinary responsible for carrying out inspections before and after slaughtering of animals and who is appointed in accordance wilh the Law 6343 and with the cousent of the regional chamber of veterinarians which he/she has registered with. CHAPTER'IWO Application and License Procedures PART ONE AppUcation: Article 6-Natural persons and corporate bodies and government institutious wanting to set up a combine sh.aU submit a written application the Ministry of Trade The application shall define: l)the location of the combine, U)capacity thereof, 1UJU1e purpose ot establtshtnent (ex1,on, local consumprton1 producctou), and IV)an incentive certificate and • feasibility report, if any shall be attached thereto. 4 Artidc 7- Tho Wni3try of Trndo shall, within ono mouth from the dnte of application, decide whether or not to issue a temporary license after obtaining recommendations of a committee consisting of representatives of the Interior, Public Health, Agriculrural and Forestry ministries and the State Planning Organization. Where the decision is affirmative the Ministry of Trade shall require the applicant to submit 8 copies of files including information and doquments specified in Article 8. License for constructing an establishment: A,·tkl\: 8~8 1.avpi,o,s vf ct,.,;;; fullvwiu.~ rnfvu.1.uiti.uLL ,u,.J. dv..,UlU1:;Ut~ ~MU 1,(; .:1Ulu»itt'-J to the highest government authority of the place where the combine is to be set up. The said authority shall, then, send tluee co1,ies thereof to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare Ministry, three copies to the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry and two copies to 1he Milllstry of Interior wl\icll, in turn, s11all examine and approve those eligible and the Public Health and Social Welfare ministries each shall send two copies and the Ministry of Interior shall send one copy thereof to the Ministry of Trade. The Ministry of Trade shall adopt a final decision with regard lo applications iu question. The lillnistries concerned shall evaluate and take a decision 011 any application for establishing a combine within three months. The MiuistJy of Trade sltall send one copy of an approved file to the Provincial Public Health and Veterinary Affairs Directorates and the local administrations office through the appropriate govemorate. The license shall be valid for 2 years. Where the facility is not completed within the said period an. extension of time for completion may be gnmlcd 4.ukiug i11tu av\:<-o,mt the, events. However, any extension shall not exceed 2 years. 5 Documents Required for Construction Article 9 - The following information and documentation shall be prepared in 8 files. I) A copy of the temporary license attached to a written application ( addressed to the highest administrotive andwrity of the region), II) A written stotement (Exhibit I), III) A certificate defiuJng the place of coustruction (lssu~d by the Provincinl Development Directorate or the Municipality), JV) A writ.ten approval issued by the uovemor's office estabHshinl! that the location of the facility does not pose any threat to public health and cuvironment based on a joint report originated by die Provincial Healtlt and Social Welfare Directorate and the Veterinary Directorate, V) A 1/500 • 1/1000 scaled plan covering the place of the fac~ily and periphery thereof showing technological .facilities, social facilities, treatnrnnt fauilitk:s, p1ulJ11g lol, etc. as well as botindaries of any- area under protection and apJ)roved by tl1e Provincial Development Directorate or the Municipality concerned. VI) Project: Any project drawn up for construction of a combhte shall include O,e following provisioos. The place designated for construction of a combine shall be in confonnity wi.tb provisions of the Slaughterhouse Construction Regulation and the Regulation on Establishments not in Conformity with Hygiene Requirements taking into accomtl whether it includes a discharge and deodorizing plant in parallel with technological progress. OuMoor ancl/or c()vere,i cattle maintaining and inspectio11 places sl,a\\ be \arge enough to accommodate cattle twice the quantity to be slaughtered and there shall be a space of 3 square metros for each cattle and 0. 7 square metros for small animals and floors thereof shall be covered with stone or wood or sltall be stabilized with adequate drainage and water supply. An adequate number of inspection paddocks and baniers which enable a close inspection of animals and squeeztng gates shall be desigtled to 11void a congestion. of different type of animals. 6 Isolation section: A scpurate section with a lo<.:king symcm ~all b\:' 1Juilt fo1 accommodation of sick or potentially sick animals. The drainage system connected to paddocks in this section sha.tl have 110 connections with open drainage systems extending to other outdoor and covered annexe."11;. There shall be slaughtering and fraying balls to ensure slaughtering to be pe1forrued in accordance with hygiene rules. Tite drainage system connected to the paddocks in this section shall have no connections with tl1e open drainage systems extendiug to other outdoor and covered annexes. There shall be slaughtering and fraying balls to ensure slaughtering to be performed animals and sick animals. A section for inspection after slaughtering, A section for meat cutting and preparntion. (Bone separation, cutting and initial packaging shall be carried out in rooms equipped with a temperature control system which are physically separated from other sections and the final packaging hall. Where tlte supervising official considers that sufficient mea£\\U~$ to prevent spilling of the product itre iti place the final packiiging may he performed at th.e.place where:the meat is separated from bones, cut .into pieces and initially packaged.) Cold~ -stores designed to ensure and effective cooling and storing of ment shall have a space of 1 square meters for maximum 200 kg of cattle meat and 100 kg of small animal meat and meats shall be stored without physical contact With each otl1er. Gut dressing place, A place specially equipped foi· tllanure collection and appropriitte equipment for disposal thereof. A place for putting beads and legs, A plaoo for putting offal's (cold-store) Separate :rooms for stoting skins, horns, toes and inedible animal fat where the same is not removed daily from the combine. 7 A roudei-iug facility (a re.udeti:ng facility shall not bo requlrnd prnviUcll it is established that auxiliary products used for rendering will be removed daily from the sla11ghterhouse). A room for the veterinary and a diagnosis laboratory (which sball be equipped with tools and matetials defined in the list attached hereto). A separate cold-room with a locking system to store meat suspected to be infected by a disease. Slaughtering hall-i and coJd .. stores and annexes equipped witlt nu overhead mono rail line for.transportation a meat designed in a manner to prevent any physical contact, Slaughtering h:11ISl equip11ed with equipped enabling fraying of suspettded carcas.'-!es (there shall be 110 flaying performed on the floor. Tlte combine and facilities thereof shall be equipped with a mono-line designed to ensure transportation of meat without any physical contact. Sick animals sud those suspected to have been infected witl1 a disease shall be slaughtered and flayed on a special cradle at special slaughtering P!•ces). All doors shall have an adequate width and those at sections where edible stuff is being processed shall automatically open and close or opernte in both directions. Alt sect1.on$ nS(",d for !-':1a,1ghteri11g, flaying, h01te se1\aration, llacking and otlter meat processing operations ·shall be equipped with adequate hand washing facilities easily accessible by the personnel duting operations and a sewerage network connected to tlie drainage system. Taps installed at bands washing facilities shall not he of manually operated types. AdmttUStrative and soc1al facilities ( offices. dining halls, bathrooms, toilets, dressing and undressing rooms, 011tdoors and indoon; recreational places, an adequate infirmary which conform to Article 180 of the Ge.ueral Hygiene Law. Treatment facilities shall be designed in accordance with generally accepted rules and shown on the overall lay-out and detail designs. Ceilings of slaughtering places sl101l be at least 6 meters high. All units of tlie combine shall be equipped with adequate ventilation and lighting systems. Designs of sanitary installations shall be drawn up in accordance with principles defined in I. S. 1256. 8 Designs for potable and consumption water supplies, aJ1 explanation repot1, bacte,iological and chemical analysis 1eports; combines sliall be furnished with an adequate amount of water which shall be minimum 1,000 for each cattle and minimum 250 It. fot each small animal slaughtered. Technical equipment shall be i11stalled in order to provide w1:1li.,1 with 1:1Ui.,qualP i.;ump1 \;:,;siu1.1. if lh" pll;'.l::%\\~~ uf tht; wah;:t k; iu::;uOk:,ieol. Cbloduati11~ iu proportionate with daily water consumption shall be performed, A water consumption certificate shall be obtained from the appropriate mlll\\cipality ,and ·the State Hydraulic Works Administration (DSl). Design of the waste water treatment units shall be prepared ·.in· accordance with generally accepted technical drawing principles and they shall include discharges. Waste waler shall be discharged to local sewerage Jletwork, if any, after undergoing a treatment process. If there is .nQ local sewerage network waste water shall be discharged iu a proper way. As for human waste, se1ltic tanks shall be, farmed in accordance with provisio11s of tlie.Regulation No 251 011 Septic Tanks to 1,e Constnrcted in Places Where Sewerage is not Feasible, Methods used for discharging wate!' after the septic tank shall be indicated and designs and drawings shall be drawn up where leakage pits or leaknge trenches are required to be constructed. Designs shall be drawn up for consumption water (bathroom, washstand, kitchen) o.u.d ati:,nn water co1lection, dkpo.saJ tin.ti IPakage. Big walls of places for slaughtering and processing, slaughtering of animals suspected to have been infected by a disease, laboratories, toilets, viscera and cleaning shall be covered by light coloured stoneware or similar water-proof material up to al least 3 meters and intel'Sections thereof with each other and tlte floor shall be cone.ave. Hot water shall be available at slaugb.tetltlg and 1noce.sslug places and all other sections where cleaning is performed. The facility shall be Qquippod v..ith a special vr.ntilation system, A section suitable for washing and disinfec,tillg of meat and offal transportation vehi,;;:~!.l !libl\lt he built. Precautions shall be taken at rendenng t«cillties to prevent atmospheric and environmental pollution a11d relating desig11s and explauatory repmts shall be drown up. A construction report (Exhibit 2) shall be drawn up. PART TWO Dpcumen.ts Required for Starting Operations Article 10 • lu order to obtain a permit to start operations the following documentation shall be delivered to Pltblic Health and Social Welfare, Trade and Agriculture and Forestry Ministries. I) A report for starting operations (from the Provincial Public Health and Social Welfare Directorates) (Exhibit 3) ll) A certificate for fire and explosions (from the local fire,.brigade) Ill) Oper-ating- C&"till.cate (&oin the Regional Labo'° Dinwtornte) IV) Fodder production license (from the Ministry of Agric,tlture and Forestry for those only have a rendering facility) V) A veterinary contract for moat inspection certified by a notary public (it shall i11dicate that Laws No 3203, 6343 and 1234 as well as all regulations and instructions will be strictly observed and duties and responsibilities of the technical manager shall be defined according to Exhibit 4). VI) A written. w1dertaking to employ an adequate number of veterinarians in accordance with the regulation about slaughtering and flaying taking into account the combine's capacity. VII) A contract on health services certified by a notary public. Article ll - Docnmentation defined by Article l O shall be examined by the Ministry of Trade and by the committee defined in the Law No. 2678 and the Ministry of 10 Trade, after carrying out site inspections where deemed necessaty, shall seud to appropriate goveroorate a certificate to sta1t operations for any combine found eligible. PART THREE Provisions Relating to General Health and Services Health Service, for Pers.onnel Article 12 - I) Medical inspections and check-ups of persoonel responsible for meat , proc®iog, inspection ,which- have physical contact with meat iii ·combines and assocfated facilities and other people i,,:oILi;e:,iu~t.1 aud 111epmalium, of mt:dica11,,ai:ds sludl be; performed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. II) Personnel iµvolved.•.in meat processinJJ: shall put on ·a special ·and wtlform dress. They shaJlput'.otl a: -cap or a head-covering and overalls.or ·apron~- boot or a special shoe. Ill) Sound, clean and gloves which can be washed shall be used where required during meat processing. Equipment and Materials to .be U8ed in a Comlilllt:; Art.irlr. 13 - I) All equiJlment and materials used for meat processing in a combine or associated facilities shall have a flat, impermeable surface aud resist corrosion. 11tey shall be mad,e of non-toxic, smooth materials without any fracture which do not transmit odour and taste and which can endure re11eated cleaning and disaffection. ll) Equipment and materials used for non-edible stuff to be destroyed shall not be used for edible products. III) Cutting and flaying equipment and tools shall ouly he used for this purpose and shall not be used for ctrtting meat ffltn piece.11., se1,ar1t.ting meat from. boue and other process. IV) All equipment and materials iucluding knives, chopping knives, saws, meat processing machines and metal containers shall frequently be cleaned during worki1tg hours and promptly and tborougltly cleaned and disinfected when they have touched infected materials. V) During operations detergents and disinfecting materials shall be lJrcvcntcd from spilling over m<.at. Tools and materials operated by using sucb materials shall be washed with fresh drinking water and rinsed before each utilization. VI) Cleaning materials or paint which may contaminate meat shall not be used at sections where live stock is slaughtered, flayed and meat is processed and stored. Fight Agail>St Harmful Insects and Rodent and Alike Article 14 - Areas vvithin:the'- periphery of the combitte and facllitics·.,sllall be continuously monitored irrespective of whether insects, birds, rodent and other harmful animals about and measures shall be taken against such creatures. Cooling and Freezmg: Article 15 - I) Cooling, freezing and conservation rooms shall not be loaded over prespeci:tied capacities thereof ll) T cmpc.ratures at. cooling rooms shall regularly be measured and recorded in a book or a thermograph shall be used for this purpose. Ill) Records shall be kept for meat delivered to or from cooliug. freezing and storing rooms. Transpo1tation: Article 16 - Transportation vehicles used for transportation of live animals shall not be used for meat transportation. II) No meat shall be loaded in transportation vehicles which have not been deaned imd ,fo:1nfected, whflre deemed necessary,, prior to loading. III) Tripe not thoroughly cleaned or boiled and heads and parts not flayed or boiled shall not be transported together with meat. 12 JV) Carcasses, half or quarter parts shalt be suspended during transp01tation ( except frozen meat). V) Inner surfaces of meat transportation vehicles shall be made of smooth, flat rust-proof mateiial which can be easily cleaned and disinfected and sh1dJ not let harmful creatures in. They shall preserve required temperature during transportation. VI) TumspotLation vc;hiclcs to be used for meat trauspm1ation ishall be designed in a manner not allowing any contact between meat and floor. VII) Vehicles equipped with a cooling system shall be used for transportation which last more than two hours. CHAPTER THREE hlspection of Live Stock and Meats in Combines PART ONE Qualifications and Appointment of Veterinarians Authorized for Health Control and Inspection Veterinary Authorized to Perform Inspection Article 17 - Veterinarians are authorized to inspect and control live stock in combines before and after slaughtering thereof. Qualifications of Inspection Veterinary: Article 18-Veterinarions to be assigned to combines shall have qualifications d~:lincd iµ. Artioh,c 1~ :2 and ,j. of tJiq L~w No J4'.l ~n.<l ArtirJ,,. d? nf thf" RP.gnlntion on Slaugl,tering aud Flaying Works. Appointment of hlspection Veterinary 13 Article 19-Appoiotment of veterinarians to combines shall be can-ied out io accordance with provisions of the Law No 6343. Article ZO-The employer shall e11ter into a contract certified by a notary public with the Teclll)..ical Manager according to Exhibit 4. Contracts to be made wit11 Inspection Veterinarians shall provide that the Laws No. 3203, 6343 and 1234 and regulations and ins~qtions issued on the basis of these laws slu,ll folly br, ob~erveii Article 2lc Responsible Technical Managers and Inspection Veterinarians employed by combines shall not work in another place during prespecified working hours and a provision to that effect shall be included in contracts thereof. Article 22-Where any Responsible Technical Manager or Inspection Veterinarians decide to . resign they shall give notice .to tl\e- combine 1u1.d iustiti.1ti011lil '\VTI:ldi hm.~ i~~ued working licenses and those responsible for checks one montlt before the dale of resigoation. The foregoing shall also be applied where the employer decides to \ennina\e the contract made with a. responsible Technical Manager and Inspection Veteiinarians. (The work contract shall include provisions which explicitly defines snclt situations.) Where a new Responsible Tecltnical Manager or an Inspection V etennary is not employed and approved within the above ,.mentioned l~month period the combiue's operations shall be suspended. 14 rART'fWO Slaughtering and Flaying Works Transportation of live Stock to Combine: Article 23 - Live stock shall be transpo1ted to combines in accordance witb provisions of the Regulation No . .529 on Inspection of Meats. Health Control and Inspection Services Before Slaughtering: Article 24 - Pre-slaughtering inspections of live stock in combines shall be 11erfonned during hours to be designates by tlte Responsible Teclmical Manager and Inspection Veterinary in accordance with provisions of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats. Hygiene Control Services alter Slauglltering: A.rti"I~ ,.~ - ln.1i1tH!'C'f-io1\ 0£'-livl!\.!iiltock d1rnnht'!'-red in comh:in.eQ !olhall'be- P'-"'rfonue-d in accordance with Article 470 - 481 of tl1e Regulation on Aaimal Health Police and Article 13 - 16 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats. Stamping of Meat Article 2b - Meats shall prompUy be stamped aller mspection pursuant to Articles 17 - 18 of the Regulation 011 Inspection of Meats and Articles 488 - 492 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police. Ag for meat to he exported requirements of the importing country shall be taken into consideration. However, combines shall have Veterinary Health Contt.-ol Numbers to be issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for Facility and fuspection veterinarians scraped on stamps they use as shown in Exhibit 8 in Article 490 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police. A Veterinary Health Control Number to be issued to any combine shall be communicated to foreign countries by the Ministry of Trade. Ments Subject to Restrictions: Article 27 - Any meat found to be infected with a disease shall be subject to Articles 482 - 487 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police and Articles 19 - 21 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats according to the level of contamination. Such meats shall be disposed of Article 493 and Article 23 of the above-mentioned regulations, respectively, Carcass transported from other places Article 28 - CaTcasses delivered to combines after being s1aug11tered at other places shall he subject to Articles 495 - 500 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police and Articles 29 - 37 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats. PARTTHREE Conservation of Meat and Side Products: Article 29 - Services including delivery of meat obtained from live stock slaughtered in combines to cold-stores and obtaining skins without any defect shall be performed in accordance with the Regulation on Slaughtering and Flaying Works. Article 30 • Conservation of skins by saltmg, packmg and transportation thereof shall be performed in accordance with tl1e provisions of the Regulation on Salting, Co1rnervatiou, Packing and Trans:pol'lation of Skins Produces at Combines. 16 PART FOUR Diseases Which Must be Reported: Article 31 - Appropriate authorities sl1all be infom)ed of any diseases wbjeot to cnmpu1sory reportitlg whfol1 are detected in Jive stock hefore or afier shm2l1tering: an accordance with provisions of Articles 3 - & of the Regulation on Inspection of Meat. PART FIVE Records and Statistics Required to be Mah1tained: Article 32 - Each combine . shall keep daily. monthly and annual records and statistical data in accord.auce with, Article 500 of the Regulation on Animal Health police and Article 36 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meat Such statistical data shall regularly be sent to the local veterinary office to which the combine is attached. PART SIX On-the-job Training: Article 33 ~ Each combine shall ensure its personnel to attend courses or workshops to be organized by public or private institutions about issues relating to the combine)s operations in order to improve protCssion11l skills and techuical knowledge thereof in parallel with technological innovations, All costs incurred by personnel in order to attend such activities shall be at the expense of the cotnblne concerned. 17 PART SEVEN Provisions on Supervision and Penalties Supervision: Article 34 - Representative$ from central and provincial organizations of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Ag1iculture and Forestry shall cany out inspections at combines at least twice a year. Any , dc£,cioooy whioA may be detected as n result of such inspeactio11.s shalt be recorded in the book of inspection and the combine concemed shaJl be given a certain period to rectify tll.e same. Penal Clauses Article 35 • Operations of-combines which fail to rectify any deficiency detected within a period granted for this purpose and those not conforming to applicable laws and n:;gu\ations Wall be; su~pwd,:;d in 11,;cordanco with appropriate provisions of tho Low No, 1593 on General Hygiene and the Law No, 1234 on Animal Health Police and officials of the combine shall be punished. Furthermore, the Responsible Technical Manager may be dismissed. 18 PART EIGHT Condition of the Existing Meat and Meat Proru.wts Production Facilities Condition of the Existing Combines: Article .36 .. Meat and meat products production facilities which have been established before entry into force of the Law No. 2678 shall undertake to adapt thetxu:elvei.1 to p:roviEiou.~ hwreof within. one yeo.r by '1ubmittw.g :i w.dtwn :\ppli,;-ation to tbe Ministry of Trade within two mooths from the .We of polllicatioo hereof Mid snllmit an application required to obtain an installation and opening license at the and of the above mentioned period. Where such facilities have adequate discharge and deodorizing systems conditions relating to development status and protection areas defined in the first psragraph of Article 9 / IV • 9 I VI hereof shall not be required to be fulfilled. Provisions of Article 35 of the Regulation shall apply to facilities not conforming to the foregoing. PART NINE Effective Date and Execution Effcctiw Date: Article 37 - This regulation shall come into effect from the date of promulgation thereof in the Official Gazette. Execution'. 19 Article 37 • This Regulation shall be executed by the Interior, Public Health and Social Welfare and Agriculture and Forestry Ministries. List of tho Equipment aml Materials Required for Combine Diagnosis and Laboratory, NAME 1. Diagnostic microscope 2. (Bacterial) Incubator 3. Oven (small type) 4. Slaining set 5. Graduated pipette (various ml) 6. Graduated pipette (various ml) 7. flasks (various ml) 8. Balloon flasks (various rul) 9, Watch glass 10, Glass beakers (various ml) 1 l. Flat scissors 12. Curved scissors 13. Forcep~ 14, Enamel cuvettes 15. Enamel bucket 16. Pissette 17. Bistoury 1 ij, v anous kntves 19. Waste basket 20. Petri di!ili QUANTITY I I I 12 6 12 12 6 12 1 I 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 50 21. Necessary chemicals and culture media 22. Port tube 2 23. Plncet, 2 24. Comparator ( chlorinating control) I 25. Test tube 250 20 26. Wire basket 27. Special wire z~. 11unsen burner 29. Butaue gas (wash-basin) 30. Cock (wash basin) 31. Spatula (small and large) 32. Water Distillation apparatus (small type) 33. pH (paper, vadous) 4 21

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