Considering the requirements set out in Part II B(1), for an abattoir to be graded as a rural red meat Abattoir-
| a) | the throughput may not exceed two units per day; |
| b) | the premises must be fenced and provided with a gate to control access of people and animals; |
| c) | an offloading facility for the humane offloading of livestock must be provided; |
| d) | pens must be provided to accommodate livestock at the discretion of the provincial executive officer in each case; |
| e) | a crush which can also serve as a stunning pen situated adjacent to the bleeding area, must be provided; |
| f) | it must consist of a room where bleeding and dressing is done; |
| g) | if windows are not glazed, fly screens must be provided; |
| h) | facilities to bleed an animal in a hanging position must be provided; |
| i) | curbed and drained areas must be provided adjacent to the abattoir- |
| ii) | to hold containers with inedible products prior to removal; |
| j) | doors must be provided- |
| i) | where animals enter the abattoir; |
| ii) | where carcasses and red offal are dispatched; |
| iii) | the door where animals enter the abattoir may be used for dispatching if the processes are separated in time; and |
| iv) | between the dressing room and adjacent area mentioned in paragraph 4(i); |
| k) | hand washing facilities must be provided in the abattoir; |
| l) | a sterilizer adjacent to a hand washbasin must be provided; |
| m) | toilet and hand wash facilities must be provided; |
| n) | facilities to store items needed in the daily slaughter process must be provided; |
| o) | the design of the abattoir must allow for future upgrading of the facility; |
| p) | chilling facilities to accommodate at least the daily throughput must be provided and the proximity of these facilities must be such as not to compromise hygiene standards and be acceptable to the provincial executive officer; and |
| q) | where freezing facilities are not provided for treatment of conditionally passed measly carcasses at the abattoir, such facilities must be arranged elsewhere with the approval of the provincial executive officer. |
