S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. (1958_si_84) | IE

ISB SI

Reg. 1 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

1. Ante mortem examination by veterinary examiners shall include observation and handling and, where the veterinary examiner deems it advisable, the taking of temperature.

PART II.

ISB SI

Reg. 2 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

2. The diseases or conditions on account of which animals may not be passed by a veterinary examiner as fit for slaughter shall be the following :—

(1) anthrax ;

(2) acute or septic conditions with systemic disturbance or to any extent sufficient to render meat and offals unfit for food ;

(3) advanced pregnancy ;

(4) dying animals ;

(5) digestive disorders with systemic disturbance ;

(6) diseases in Schedules of Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1957, and orders made thereunder whether or not they render meat and offals unfit for food and until they have been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the said acts and orders ;

(7) extensive injuries which render meat and offals unfit for food (except in cases in which the extent of the injuries may necessitate immediate slaughter of the animal on humane grounds).

(8) extensive skin affections which may render the meat and offals unsightly, unwholesome or unfit for food ;

(9) emaciation ;

(10) exhaustion, excitement or fatigue ;

(11) fever ;

(12) gangrenous conditions unless confined in extent and effect to a small area ;

(13) immaturity ;

(14) joint ill or navel infections ;

(15) metritis, acute and/or septic ;

(16) mastitis or mammitis, acute, septic or gangrenous ;

(17) oedema general and dropsical ;

(18) pneumonia and pleurisy ;

(19) rabies ;

(20) respiratory distress with systemic disturbance ;

(21) strangles ;

(22) purpora hemorhagica ;

(23) azoturia ;

(24) toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning) ;

(25) cerebro-spinal meningitis ;

(26) acute influenza ;

(27) generalised osteoporosis ;

(28) acute inflammatory lameness ;

(29) extensive fistula ;

(30) any abnormal condition, temporary or otherwise, which renders meat or offals unfit for food.

PART III.

ISB SI

Reg. 3 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

3. Where any abnormal condition is observed the nature and significance of which cannot be determined by observation and palpation, the horse-flesh and offals shall be incised in such a manner as to avoid soiling or contaminating any part of the carcase or organs or viscera which may be fit for human consumption.

ISB SI

Reg. 4 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

4. Lymph glands shall be examined by multiple incisions in the form of numerous parallel cuts into their substance. All organs and viscera shall be examined as they are removed from the carcase or in such circumstances as will ensure that they are the organs and viscera of the carcase from which they were derived. All organs and viscera together with the associated lymph glands shall be examined by observation and palpation.

ISB SI

Reg. 5 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

5. The carcases shall be examined for :—

(a) condition of nutrition.

(b) evidence of bruising, haemorrhage or discoloration.

(c) local or general dropsy (Oedema).

(d) efficiency of bleeding.

(e) swellings or deformities of bones or joints, or swellings or other abnormalities in musculature.

ISB SI

Reg. 6 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

6. The serous membranes (pleura and peritoneum) shall be examined in every case and in no case shall they be removed nor shall any evidence of disease be modified or obliterated by washing, rubbing, stripping or in any other manner before examination.

ISB SI

Reg. 7 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

7. When a carcase is split the sternum, ribs, vertebrae and spinal cord shall be examined.

ISB SI

Reg. 8 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

8. Head.

The head, including (a) surface and substance of the tongue (which shall be loosened, but not detached before examination) ; (b) the palate and roof of mouth ; (c) the lymph glands of the throat (pharyngeal, submaxillary and parotid) shall be examined. The head shall be split longitudinally to facilitate examination of the septum.

ISB SI

Reg. 9 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

9. Abdominal cavity.

(a) Stomach, intestines and spleen. The inner and outer surface of the stomach, intestines and the surface and substance of the spleen shall be examined, together with glands of the stomach and bowel (gastro-splenic and mesenteric) and the web (Omentum).

(b) Liver. The surface and substance of the liver shall be examined. The associated glands (hepatic and portal) shall also be examined.

(c) Kidneys. The lymph glands of the kidneys, and the adrenal glands, shall be examined before the removal of the kidneys. Then the kidneys shall be examined and, if necessary, removed and split by incision into the substance and the substance examined.

(d) Uterus and ovaries. The inner and outer surface of the uterus and the substance of the ovaries shall be examined.

ISB SI

Reg. 10 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

10. Thoracic cavity.

The pluck shall be examined in the following manner, before the various organs are separated from each other :—

(a) Lungs. The lungs shall be examined by observation and palpation, and unless obviously diseased they shall be incised at the base. The associated lymph glands (bronchial and mediastinal) shall also be examined and unless obviously diseased, shall be incised.

(b) Heart. The heart sac (pericardium) shall be opened and the walls of the heart shall be incised so as to open the ventricles.

ISB SI

Reg. 11 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

11. Udder.

The udder shall be examined by observation and palpation, incisions shall be made at the base of the teats and the associated glands shall also be incised.

ISB SI

Reg. 12 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

12. Testicles and Penis.

The outer surface and the substance of the testicles and penis, and the superficial inguinal glands shall be examined.

ISB SI

Reg. 13 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

13. Serous membranes.

The lining membranes of the chest and abdomen (pleura and peritoneum) shall be examined in every case.

The following lymph glands shall be examined as a matter of routine in all cases :—

(a) Pharyngeal, Submaxillary, Parotid,

(b) Bronchial and mediastinal.

(c) Hepatic.

(d) Mesenteric.

ISB SI

Reg. 14 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

14. All organs and the viscera and associated lymph glands shall be examined for evidence of tuberculosis, both in substance and in covering membranes. Tbe existence of tuberculosis in the lymph glands of an organ shall be held to he evidence of disease in that organ.

ISB SI

Reg. 15 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

15. Carcase lymph glands shall be examined in accordance with the following instructions (glands in every case being exposed before examination and incised):—

(a) When visible evidence of tuberculosis is found in a carcase or in the organs or viscera, those glands which, having regard to such visible evidence, are least likely to be affected, shall be examined first, e.g., if evidence of tuberculosis is found on the pleura, the glands of the hindquarters shall be examined before those of the forequarters ;

(b) If a tuberculous lesion or an abscess is found in any carcase lymph gland, all the other carcase lymph glands shall be examined ;

(c) If evidence of tuberculous disease is found on a serous membrane (pleura or peritoneum) all the carcase lymph glands shall be examined ;

(d) If the throat glands (pharyngeal, submaxillary or parotid) are affected with tuberculosis, the cervical, prepectoral and prescapular glands shall be examined ;

(e) If the bronchial and/or mediastinal glands are affected with tuberculosis, the prepectoral, suprasternal, prescapular, intercostal and xiphoid glands shall be examined ;

(f) If the liver or the associated lymph glands (hepatic or portal) are affected with tuberculosis, all the carcase lymph glands shall be examined ;

(g) If the bowel glands (mesenteric) are affected with tuberculosis, the superficial inguinal (supramammary), the lumbar, renal, iliac and precrural glands shall be examined ;

(h) If the uterus is affected with tuberculosis, the iliac, precrural, lumbar and sacral glands shall be examined ;

(i) If the penis or the testicles are affected with tuberculosis, the superficial inguinal, iliac, sacral, popliteal and precrural glands shall be examined ;

(j) If tuberculosis lesions are found in bones, joints, limbs, or the spinal cord or its membranes, all the carcase lymph glands shall be examined.

ISB SI

Reg. 16 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

16. Carcases and offals shall be required to come up to the following standard, that is to say, such carcases and offals shall not be affected by any of the diseases or in the manner hereinafter specified, that is to say :—

(1) tuberculosis ; generalised and/or milliary.

(2) actinomycosis, generalised.

(3) anaemia (if pronounced).

(4) anthrax.

(5) blackleg.

(6) bruising, general, extensive and severe, with or without gangrene.

(7) strangles.

(8) decomposition.

(9) dropsy, general.

(10) emaciation, general pathological.

(11) fever.

(12) immaturity.

(13) jaundice.

(14) purpora hemorrhagica.

(15) azoturia.

(16) malignant neoplasms, unless localised in situation and effect to one organ.

(17) mammitis, acute, septic or gangrenous.

(18) melanosis, generalised, or any generalised pigmentation.

(19) metritis, acute, septic.

(20) odours, prejudicial to health or palatability of meat.

(21) pericarditis, septic.

(22) pneumonia, septic or gangrenous.

(23) pyaemia, including joint ill or umbilical pyaemia.

(24) rickets, with malnutrition.

(25) sarcocysts, if generalised in the musculature and visible to the naked eye.

(26) septicaemia or septic intoxications.

(27) toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning).

(28) cerebro-spinal meningitis.

(29) tetanus.

(30) tumours, multiple or metastatic.

(31) uraemia.

(32) carcases, ill bled.

(33) acute influenza.

(34) generalised osteoporosis.

(35) acute inflammatory lameness.

(36) extensive fistula.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

PRESCRIBED FORMS.

Form H.F. 1.

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA.

(Department of Agriculture).

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF PREMISES IN THE REGISTER OF HORSE SLAUGHTERING PREMISES KEPT UNDER THE

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

I/We (a) ............................................................ ............................................................ .................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

hereby apply to have the premises described on the back hereof registered in the register of horse slaughtering premises. I/We enclose (b)............................................. for £1 0s. 0d., being amount of fee payable on application for the registration of premises in any register of slaughtering premises kept in pursuance of the Act.

I/We hereby certify that the particulars given on the back hereof are true to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.

Signature (c)............................................................ ........

............................................................ .........

............................................................ ........

Date............................................................ .........

To

The Secretary,

Department of Agriculture,

Upper Merrion Street,

Dublin.

(a) If a Company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, the full description should be given, together with the name of the Secretary. If not such a company, the full name(s) of the proprietor(s) should be given.

(b) Insert Postal Order, Post Office Money Order, cheque, or Banker's draft.

(c) To be signed by a director or secretary in the case of a Company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 ; if not such a company, to be signed by the proprietor or proprietors of the business concerned.

DESCRIPTION AND SITUATION OF PREMISES, INCLUDING THE LIMITS AND EXTENT THEREOF.

Situation............................................................ ............................................................ .................................

Dimensions of building............................................................ ............................................................ .........

Materials of walls............................................................ ............................................................ ...................

Materials of roof............................................................ ............................................................ ......................

Materials of floors............................................................ ............................................................ ...................

Water supply :—

(a) How obtained............................................................ ............................................................ ......

(b) Estimated quantity available daily............................................................ ..................................

Drainage :—

(a) How constructed............................................................ ............................................................ ..

(b) Where discharged............................................................ ............................................................ ..

Waste, how disposed of............................................................ ............................................................ .............

State whether Digester on premises............................................................ ....................................................

Post Town ............................................................ ... ; distance therefrom .................................... miles.

Railway Station ........................................................ ; distance therefrom ..................................... miles.

Telegraphic Address............................................................ ............................................................ ......................

Note.—Duplicate plans of the premises should accompany this application.

(d) Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) or firm by whom business is being carried on............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

(d) If not a company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, the full names and addresses of the proprietors must be given.

FORM H.F. 2.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHT

(Department of Agriculture.)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED LICENSEE OF REGISTERED HORSE SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

hereby make application for registration as registered licensee(s) of the registered horse slaughtering premises, described on the back hereof, wherein I/We propose to carry on the business of slaughtering horses the meat and/or offals of which are intended to be exported. I/We enclose (b).................................. for £1 0s. 0d., being amount of fee payable on application for registration as registered licensee of registered slaughtering premises.

I/We hereby certify that the particulars given on the back hereof are true to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.

Signature (c)............................................................ ............................

............................................................ ...............................

Date............................................................ ...............................

To

The Secretary,

Department of Agriculture,

Upper Merrion Street,

Dublin.

(a) If a company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, the full description should be given, together with the name of the Secretary. If not such a company, the full name(s) of the proprietor(s) should be given.

(b) Insert Postal Order, Post Office Money Order, cheque, or Banker's draft.

(c) To be signed by a director of secretary in the case of a Company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 ; if not such a company, to be signed by the proprietor or proprietors of the business concerned.

DESCRIPTION AND SITUATION OF REGISTERED HORSE SLAUGHTERING PREMISES IN RESPECT OF WHICH REGISTRATION AS REGISTERED LICENSEE IS DESIRED.

Situation of Registered Horse Slaughtering Premises............................................................ .....................

............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

Name(s) and Full Postal Address(es) of Registered Proprietor(s) of the above premises..........................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

Nature and duration of agreement entered into with the Registered Proprietor(s) whereby applicant(s) is/are permitted to use the Registered Slaughtering Premises described above

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

I/We hereby certify that the particulars given above are true to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.

Signature (d)............................................................ ......

............................................................ ...................

Registered Proprietor(s) of the Premises.

Date............................................................ ....................

(d) To be signed by a director or secretary in the case of a company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 ; if not such a company, to be signed by the proprietor or proprietors of the business concerned.

Form H.F. 3.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(Department of Agriculture).

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

Form of application for a licence to export horse-flesh and/or the offals of horses.

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ .............................

............................................................ ............................................................ ................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .................................................

of ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................................

being the registered (b) proprietor(s) licensee(s) of the registered horse slaughtering premises situated at ............................................................ ............................................................ ...............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................................

hereby apply, pursuant to section 12 of the above-mentioned Act for a licence in respect of the said premises to export horse-flesh and the offals of horses therefrom.

I/We enclose (c)..................... for £12 10s. 0d., being the amount of the deposit payable on application for an exporter's licence in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Signature (d)............................................................ ..

............................................................ ................

Date............................................................ ................

To

The Secretary,

Department of Agriculture,

Upper Merrion Street,

Dublin.

(a) If a Company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, the full description should be given, together with the name of the Secretary. If not such a company, the full name(s) of the proprietor(s) should be given.

(b) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(c) Insert Postal Orders, Post Office Money Order, cheque or Banker's draft.

(d) To be signed by a director or secretary in the case of a Company within the meaning of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 ; if not such a company, to be signed by the proprietor or proprietors of the business concerned.

Form H.F. 4.

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA

(Departmont of Agriculture.)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

Form of application for alteration or cancellation of the registration of horse slaughtering premises.

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................................

hereby make application for the alteration/cancellation (b) of the registration of the premises numbered............................................................ ............................................................ .........................................

in the Register of Horse Slaughtering Premises as follows (c)............................................................ ..

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

for the reason that (d)............................................................ ............................................................ ........

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................................................

Signature............................................................ ..............................

............................................................ ..............................

(

e

)............................................................ ........................

Date............................................................ .............................

The Secretary,

Department of Agriculture,

Upper Merrion Street,

Dublin.

(a) Insert full name of Registered Proprietor(s), personal representative or liquidator, as the case may be.

(b) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(c) If application is for alteration of registration, state nature of alteration desired.

(d) State reason for alteration or cancellation as the case may be.

(e) State whether Registered Proprietor(s), personal representative or liquidator.

Form H.F. 5

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA.

(Department of Agriculture).

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

EXPORTERS LICENCE.

No..........

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, subject to the provisions of the above-mentioned Act and any Regulations from time to time in force thereunder ............................................................ .....................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

of ............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................................

in the County ............................................................ ............................................................ ...............................

who is/are ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................

of the Registered Horse Slaughtering Premises described below is/are authorised, in respect of the said Premises, to export therefrom horse-flesh and the offals of horses.

For the Minister for Agriculture.

(Signed) ............................................................ ...........

An officer of the Department of

Agriculture authorised in this behalf

by the said Minister.

Date ............................................................ .............

REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

Description of Premises.

Name and Address of Registered Proprietor.

Form H.F. 6

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA.

(Department of Agriculture).

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

(SECTION 13 (7))

CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, after deducting the sum of £..........s..........d. allowed as a payment on account thereof, the amount of the Exporter's Half-

yearly Fee payableby............................................................ ............................................................ ..............

............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................................

of ............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .........................................................

in respect of the Exporter's Licence granted to ............................................................ ......................................

in accordance with the provisions of

section 12

of the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

, to export horse flesh and the offals of horses is

£............s.........d. for the half-year ended the.....................day of ...................................19.......

For the Minister for Agriculture.

(Signed) ............................................................ ..................................

An officer of the Department of Agriculture

authorised in this behalf by the said

Minister.

Date............................................................ ....................................

Form H.F. 7.

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA.

(Department of Agriculture.)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

. (SECTION 17 (5)).

CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the amount of the Permit Fee payable

by............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .......................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .......................................................

in respect of the Exporter's Permit granted to ............................................................ .....................................

in accordance with the provisions of

section 17

of the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

, to export horse-flesh and the offals of horses during the period from the ................... day of......................19...... to the ................... day of ...................... 19..........., inclusive, is £........................s.............................d.

For the Minister for Agriculture.

(Signed) ............................................................ .........................

An officer of the Department of Agriculture

authorised in this behalf by the said

Minister.

Date............................................................ ............................

Form H.F. 8.

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA

(Department of Agriculture.)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

Weekly Return to be made by Registered Proprietors of Registered Horse Slaughtering Premises who are Licensed Exporters.

(This Return should reach the Department's Offices not later than the Tuesday following the week to which the Return relates.)

(1) Name of Licensed Exporter............................................................ ......................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................................

(2) Address of Registered Horse Slaughtering Premises ............................................................ ....................

............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

(3) Number of horses presented for ante-mortem examination and quantity of horse-flesh and offals of horses exported on each day during the week ended the day of 19 :—

Day of Week.

Number of horses presented for ante-mortem examination

Number of carcases exported.

Number of sets of offals exported.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Total

I/We certify that the particulars entered on this form are correct.

Signature ........................................................

Date ............................................................ .....

To

The Secretary,

Department of Agriculture,

Upper Merrion Street,

Dublin.

Form H.F. 9.

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA

(Department of Agriculture.)

NOTICE UNDER

SECTION 22

of THE

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

To ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

being the Registered Proprietor of the Registered Horse Slaughtering Premises situated

at ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................................

in the County............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................

TAKE NOTICE that the Minister for Agriculture HEREBY REQUIRES you, within ............................. days from the date of this Notice, to have the work specified on the back hereof carried out at the said premises for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Part I of the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

.

For the Minister for Agriculture.

(Signed) ............................................................ ............

An Officer of the Department of Agriculture

authorised in this behalf by the said

Minister.

Date............................................................ .................

Note.

Where a notice under

section 22

of the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

is served by the Minister the following provisions apply in accordance with section 23 of the same Act.

" (a) if the registered proprietor is not the rated occupier of the premises, it shall be the duty of such registered proprietor to communicate the contents of the notice to such rated occupier within three days after the service of the notice, and

(b) if the premises are held by the registered proprietor or by the rated occupier under a lease or other contract of tenancy, it shall be the duty of the registered proprietor to communicate the contents of the notice to the immediate landlord of the premises or his agent within three days after service of the notice, and

(c) the registered proprietor shall, if he has duly complied with the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs of this section so far (if at all) as they are applicable to the case, be at liberty to execute the work required by the notice, notwithstanding any covenant, agreement or condition to the contrary contained in any lease or other contract of tenancy under which the premises are held."

WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT

............................................................ ............................................................ ................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................

No......................

FORM H.F. 10.

Exporter's Name ....... ..........................

No...................

AN ROINN TALMHAÍOCHTA.

Consignee's Name ..............................

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

.

Consignee's Address

CONSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE.

............................................................ ...

............................................................ ....

I hereby certify that I have duly applied the mark, as under, prescribed by the Regulations under the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

, to the Horse-flesh and/or Horse Offals described in the Schedule hereunder and proposed to be exported, in one lot, by

Horse Flesh.

............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................

No. of carcases ....................................

of............................................................ ............ to............................................................ ...........

Horse Offals

of............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................

.......................................................

Signature........................................

Veterinary Examiner.

Certificate issued by

Dated this.....................day of......................19....

.......................................................

SCHEDULE.

Horse-flesh : Number of Carcases.

Horse Offals : Number of Sets.

Veterinary Examiner

In writing.

In figures.

In writing.

In figures.

Date ...............................................

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of March, 1958.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for the control of the slaughtering of horses, the preparation of horse-flesh for export for human consumption and related matters.

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Reg. 17 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

17. Weighing and packing apparatus shall be kept clean.

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Reg. 18 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

18. Horse-flesh and offals shall be dressed, trimmed, washed, cut or divided in whatever manner proper and effective veterinary examination renders necessary.

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Reg. 19 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

19. Washing, dressing or trimming of materials retained for final examination shall not be undertaken unless at a time and in a manner which does not interfere with proper inspection or prolong the inspection unnecessarily.

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Reg. 20 S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

20. In no circumstances shall evidence of disease or any abnormal condition be removed or interfered with by washing, wiping, stripping or in any other way. Where " back bleeding ", " bleeding back ", " sticking in " or other cause renders washing, wiping or stripping necessary, this shall be done only by or on the instructions of the veterinary examiner.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

CONDITION OF HORSE-FLESH AT TIME OF EXPORT.

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Preamble S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958. Open official source

S.I. No. 84 of 1958.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) (HORSE-FLESH) REGULATIONS, 1958.

I, Patrick Smith, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 18

,

26

,

27

,

28

,

29

,

30

,

34

and

51

of the

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

(No. 10 of 1930), hereby make the following regulations

PART I. PRELIMINARY.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-flesh) Regulations, 1958.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 27th day of March, 1958.

S.I. No. 84/1958 - Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Horse-Flesh) Regulations, 1958.

Table of Provisions (21)

Statutory Text (21 Articles)

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