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Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

Poultry Regulations, 2006

Part VI : Meat Inspections

A. Ante-mortem inspection

72. Health declaration

 

 

[Section 11(1)(j)]

 

1) No poultry may be submitted for slaughter in an abattoir without a declaration of health and origin having been submitted by the owner of the poultry-
a) in the case of a low throughput abattoir, on the day of slaughter; and
b) in the case of a high throughput abattoir, 72 hours prior to slaughtering.

 

2) Such health declaration must contain information regarding-
a) date of delivery;
b) name and address of owner, farm(s) and fowl house number;
c) number of birds and specie(s);
d) average weight of birds;
e) health status of the flock(s) including mortality rate; and
f) medication, if given as well as withdrawal periods and dates.

 

3) The abattoir owner must record the information in sub-regulation (2).

 

4) There must be a standard procedure to convey the information supplied by the owner of the poultry to the registered inspectors at the different inspection points in the abattoir.