Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)Red Meat Regulations, 2004Part VI : Meat Inspections [Section 11(1)(j)]A. Ante mortem inspection80. Further inspections and findings |
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| a) | All animals that in the opinion of a registered inspector, who is not a veterinarian, doing ante mortem inspection as described in regulation 79, are not fit for slaughter must be examined by a veterinarian who is a registered inspector. |
| b) | The veterinarian, must decide whether such animals may be slaughtered, provisionally slaughtered or disposed of. |
| 2) | If the veterinarian decides that an animal mentioned in sub regulation (1)(a) may be slaughtered or provisionally slaughtered, the carcass of such animal is subject to secondary meat inspection in terms of regulation 107. |
| 3) | An animal may not be slaughtered if it is suspected that a forbidden substance has- |
| a) | been administered to it; |
| b) | been implanted in it; |
| c) | contaminated it; or |
| d) | been eaten by it. |
| 4) | No person may slaughter an animal which is on the point of giving birth or which has given birth in transit or lairage (see also 68(11)). |