CHAPTER 36:03
LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INDUSTRIES

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Operation of abattoir without registration

    4.    Application for registration of abattoir

    5.    Duties of Director

    6.    Powers of Director

    7.    Regulations

Law 32, 1962,
L.N. 84, 1966,
Act 1, 2007,
S.I. 50, 2007.

An Act to re-enact, with amendments, the Livestock and Meat Industries Act, to provide for the slaughter of domestic livestock, farmed game, wild game and poultry for human consumption, the control and operation of abattoirs, slaughter slabs, cold storage facilities, meat processing plants, cutting premises, canning plants and the marketing, grading and inspection of livestock, livestock products and other matters related thereto.

[Date of Commencement: 17th August, 2007]

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Livestock and Meat Industries Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "abattoir" means any premises approved and licensed in which animals or poultry are slaughtered, and includes any place available in connection with those premises for the confinement of animals or poultry awaiting slaughter in those premises;

    "bovine" means a bull, ox, steer, cow, heifer or calf;

    "carcass" means—

    (a)    in relation to bovine animals, sheep, goats, solipeds and farmed game, the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding, evisceration, removal of the limbs at the carpus and tarsus, removal of the head, tail and udder and flaying;

    (b)    in relation to swine, the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding and evisceration whether or not the limbs at the carpus and tarsus and the head have been removed; and

    (c)    in relation to birds, the whole body of a bird after bleeding, plucking and evisceration, whether or not the heart, liver, lungs, gizzard, crop, kidneys, legs at tarsus, head, oesophagus or trachea have been removed;

    "cold store" means any premises, cutting premises, or a game processing or handling facility, used for the storage under temperature controlled conditions of fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption;

    "cutting premises" means premises under temperature controlled conditions used for the purpose of cutting up fresh meat intended for human consumption;