1967-HKRS30-8-58_Part03 — Page 10

Offence to remove animal from waiting lairage.

Linauthorized persons not permitted to slaughter animals in

abattoir.

Owner respon- sible for collection of certain parts of slaughtered animal,

Puunh Schedule.

Power of Council to dispose of

certain parts

of slaughtered animals.

Flth Scbedle.

23. Any person who removes an animal from a waiting lairage otherwise than at the direction or with the consent in writing of an authorized officer shall be guilty of an offence.

24. (1) No person shall slaughter or assist in the slaughter- ing of an animal in an abattoir unless he has been authorized to do so by the manager.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one month.

25. (1) (4) The owner of an animal which has been slaughtered in an abattoir shall be responsible for the collection from the abattoir of every part of the animal specified in the first and second columns of the Fourth Schedule.

(b) The owner of an animal which has been slaughtered in an abattoir shall not be entitled to any part of the animal specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule if the same part from another animal of the same type is made available in its place for collection by the owner of the first-mentioned animal.

(2) Every part referred to in paragraph (1) shall be available for collection from the abattoir by the owner, or by any person who has been approved by the manager as the agent of the owner, during working hours on the day on which the animal has been slaughtered unless an alternative arrangement has been made between the owner and the manager as to the time of collection thereof.

(3) IE within the time specified in or arranged with the manager under paragraph (2) the owner or his agent does not collect any part referred to in paragraph (1), the manager may cause that part to be disposed of as he thinks fit.

of-

26. The Council may, in such manner as it thinks tit, dispose

(a) any blood, loose hairs and bristles, stomach contents and

other waste matter, and

(b) any ductless gland specified in the Fifth Schedule,

obtained from an animal slaughtered in an abattoir.

PART IV.

MARKING AND TRANSPORT OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS.

27. The carcase of and the offal from every animal slaughtered in an abattoir shall be examined by a health inspector or by any other person authorized to do so by the manager.

28. If, after examining the carcase of an animal slaughtered in an abattoir, a health inspector or person authorized under by-law 27 is satisfied that it is fit for human consumption, he shall cause it to be marked with the appropriate mark specified in the Sixth Schedule.

29. If, after examining the offal from an animal slaughtered in an abattoir, a health inspector or person authorized under by-law 27 is satisfied that any part of the offal specified in the Sixth Schedule is fit for human consumption, he shall cause that part to be marked with the appropriate mark specified in the Sixth Schedule.

30. (1) No person shall-

(a) remove any carcase or offal from su abattoir without the

consent of the manager; or

(6) except with the consent of the manager given under para- graph (2) and in accordance with the conditions, if any, on which the consent is given, remove any carcase or offal from an abattoir before it has been examined under by-law 27 or, where it is required under by-law 28 or 29 to be marked, before it has been so marked.

(2) The manager may give his consent on such conditions as he thinks fit to the removal of any carcase or offal from the abattoir before it has been examined under by-law 27 or, where it is required under by-law 28 or 29 to be marked, before it has been 50 marked.

(3) A consent given under paragraph (2) shall be in writing and shall specify the reason for which it is given.

(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

31. (1) Save as provided in by-laws 25, 32 and 39 and in paragraph (3), where an animal is slaughtered in an abattoir the manager shall arrange for the carcase and the offal to be delivered by Government transport from the abattoir to the premises of the

owner.

Health

inspector or authorized Person to examipe carcases and offals.

Marking of carcases fit for human consumption.

Slach Schedule.

Marking of specified parts of offal fit for human consumption, Sixth Schedule.

Unexamined or unmarked

carcases or

ottals not to be removed without consent of manager.

Carcases and offals to be

delivered by Government transport unless otherwise provided.