Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)14. Restriction on exportation of meat |
| 1) | Subject to subsection (6), no person may export any meat from the Republic unless- |
| a) | the animal from which the meat was obtained, was slaughtered at an abattoir approved by the national executive officer as an export abattoir; |
| b) | the meat has been inspected, sampled and tested; |
| c) | the prescribed fee has been paid; |
| d) | the essential national standards in respect of the slaughtering of animals and the handling of meat, and such additional requirements as may be determined by the national executive officer have been complied with; |
| e) | the national executive officer has issued such certificate as may be required by the relevant authority in the importing country; and |
| f) | the reefer in which the meat is to be exported has at the time of loading thereof been sealed by the national executive officer in the prescribed manner, and the number of the seal has been recorded on the certificate contemplated in paragraph (e). |
| 2) | Sections 8 and 9 apply with the necessary changes to any application for approval contemplated in subsection (1)(a). |
| 3) | The national executive officer may inspect the cutting, deboning, reconstruction, operation or processing plants of an export abattoir. |
| 4) | An application for a certificate contemplated in subsection (1)(e) must be lodged with the national executive officer before the meat in question is conveyed from the Republic or, if the relevant authority in the importing country requires examination of the live animals from which the meat was obtained, before the animals are slaughtered. |
| 5) | If the relevant authority contemplated in subsection (1)(e) requires a certificate of compliance with its requirements, the application for a certificate contemplated in that subsection must be accompanied by a document which authorises the importation of meat into that country. |
| 6) | Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) does not apply to exportation of meat to a country which has no restrictions on the importation of meat. |
| 7) | The national executive officer may prohibit the exportation of any meat if- |
| a) | the meat in question is on reasonable grounds suspected to be unsafe for human consumption; |
| b) | the exportation thereof may be detrimental to animals in the country to which it is intended to be exported; or |
| c) | it is not possible to certify that the requirements contemplated in subsection (5) have been complied with. |