Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)Poultry Regulations, 2006Part VI : Meat InspectionsC. Recovery81. Criteria for meat inspection and judgements |
| 1) | The entire carcass and organs must be condemned if- |
| a) | any disease is accompanied by emaciation, and or dehydration; |
| b) | advanced pathological changes are observed; |
| c) | an abnormal condition has so spread that affected portions or organs cannot easily be separated from the rest of the carcass; |
| d) | a disease is per acute, acute, severe or advanced; |
| e) | the condition of the carcass, meat or viscera is aesthetically unacceptable; or |
| f) | the carcass is contaminated and it cannot be trimmed off effectively. |
| 2) | Portions of the carcass and organs must be condemned if- |
| a) | Affected by an abnormal condition; |
| b) | contaminated; |
| c) | severely bruised; or |
| d) | in any other way rendered unsafe for human consumption. |
| 3) | Portions of poultry may be approved where removal and condemnation of affected parts or organs can be done. |
| 4) | The owner of an abattoir must keep record on a daily basis of the number of birds that have been slaughtered and the number of carcasses and portions that have been condemned and their condemned weight. |
| 5) | The provincial executive officer may specify the maximum throughput of the abattoir and the hourly rate at which poultry on a particular line may be slaughtered. |