INSPECTION OF MILCH ANIMALS REGULATIONS

INSPECTION OF MILCH ANIMALS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.04

INSPECTION OF MILCH ANIMALS REGULATIONS

1st May, 1978

LEGAL NOTICE 92 of 1976.

The title of these regulations is the Inspection of Milch

Animals Regulations.

It shall be lawful for an inspector and/or for the Sanitary

Authority to inspect any farm, where milch animals are kept, for

the purpose of -

(a) ascertaining the state of health of the said animals;

(b) issuing instructions on the treatment of the said

animals, if necessary; and

(c) taking all steps to prevent the spread of disease to

animal or man.

(1) The owner of milch animals shall, when he suspects

that any of his animals is sick, ascertain, without any delay, the

cause of the illness and shall, if such cause consists of any of the

diseases set out in the Food Safety Act, or set out in any order made

thereunder by the Minister, inform the Superintendent of Public

Health within twenty-four hours of such ascertainment.

(2) Any veterinary surgeon who becomes aware that any milch

animal is suffering from any of the diseases referred to in sub-

regulation (1) shall immediately inform the Superintendent of

Public Health accordingly.

The Superintendent of Public Health, on receiving any

information as is referred to in regulation 3, shall take any such

steps as he may deem necessary.