Acts Online
GT Shield

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

Ostrich Regulations, 2007

Part II : Requirements for the Registration of Ostrich Abattoirs

A. Throughput and other requirements for grades

7. Requirements for high throughput cuffing plants producing for the export market

 

 

[See also regulations 35 - 40]

 

Considering the requirements set out in Part II B (1) and (2), to be graded as a export cutting plant -

a) it must have a maximum throughput which the provincial executive officer may determine on grounds of the capacity of the holding chillers, hourly throughput potential relating to available equipment and facilities as well as chiller or freezer capacity;
b) the premises must be fenced and provided with a gate to control access of people and animals;
c) if meat is intended for sale to the public, separate facilities as required by the provincial executive officer must be provided;
d) separate equipped rooms must be provided for -
i) receiving of unwrapped carcasses and meat intended for cutting where applicable;
ii) receiving of cartoned meat intended for cutting where applicable;
iii) removal of meat from cartons and wrapping and thawing where applicable;
iv) cutting and wrapping at an air temperature below 12°C;
v) packing, marking and labelling at an air temperature below 12OC;
vi) making up of new cartons used for packing meat;
vii) dispatching of wrapped and packed meat at an air temperature below 12OC;
viii) dispatching of unwrapped carcasses and meat, where applicable, at an air temperature below 12°C; and
ix) washing and sterilizing of equipment;
e) separate bulk storage facilities or rooms must be provided for -
i) rapping material; and
ii) packing material;
f) separate storage facilities or rooms must be provided for items in daily use, such as -
i) hand equipment;
ii) wrapping material;
iii) clean protective clothing; and
iv) cleaning materials and chemicals;
g) separate chillers or freezers must be available for-
i) unwrapped carcasses and meat;
ii) packed meat;
iii) holding frozen meat if required; and
iv) blast freezing meat if required;
h) ablution facilities and toilets must be provided and the access routes to the cutting room must be under roof;
i) a personnel entrance to the clean areas of the plant must be provided and must be designed as an ante-chamber for cleaning purposes and must be provided with hand wash-basins, soap dispensers, hand drying facilities, a boot wash, facilities to wash aprons, hooks for aprons and a refuse container and at the discretion of the provincial executive officer, personnel entrances to other areas of the plant need not be provided with an ante-chamber but must be provided with conveniently placed boot wash and hand wash facilities at the entrance to such areas;
j) sterilizers with water at 82°C must be provided or, as an alternative, a valet system where handheld equipment are collected on a regular basis and sterilized in a central sterilizing facility may be used, with the understanding that strategically placed emergency sterilizers are still required; and
k) extraction facilities for vapour control must be provided.