POULTRY AND RABBITS (SLAUGHTER) REGULATIONS (slaughter)

POULTRY AND RABBITS (SLAUGHTER)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.16

POULTRY AND RABBITS (SLAUGHTER)

REGULATIONS

23rd July, 1937

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 319 of 1937, as amended by Government

Notice 435 of 1938.

The title of these Regulations is Poultry and Rabbits

(Slaughter) Regulations.

All poultry and rabbits shall, before being bled, be

humanely stunned by striking on the neck by means of a stunner.

Dealers in poultry and rabbits shall use a stunner of a type

approved by the Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon.

Stunners of an approved type shall be issued by the Commissioner

of Police free of charge to persons licensed to deal in poultry and

rabbits

Provided that these Regulations shall not apply to the

slaughter of poultry or rabbits for food by a member of the Jewish

community in accordance with the Jewish method of slaughter

when such food is intended for consumption by members of the

said community and the slaughter is effected without the infliction

of avoidable suffering.