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Public Health (Food).

or dispute shall be referred to the officer in charge and the decision of the officer in charge shall be final and shall be obeyed by such persons.

37. Every person who shall slaughter or assist in the slaughtering of any animal shall adopt such methods of slaughtering as may be prescribed by the by-laws, and, in the absence of such by-laws, such methods as may be prescribed by the Senior Veterinary Officer, and shall take all such precautions as may be requisite to secure the inflic- tion of as little pain as possible.

38. Any animal killed for food in a slaughter-house shall be killed in the following manner—

(a) all cattle (except buffaloes) shall be killed with a pole-axe or humane killer of a pattern to be approved by the Senior Veterinary Officer;

(b) all buffaloes shall be killed with a rifle of a size and pattern to be approved by the Senior Veterinary Officer. All rifles used for this purpose shall be kept by the food officer on duty and shall be used only by an officer authorized by the Senior Veterinary Officer;

(c) all sheep and goats shall be killed with the captive- bolt type of humane killer, and swine shall be killed with the knife in a manner approved by the Senior Veterinary Officer, except in the case of pigs, which, in the opinion of the officer in charge are too large to be killed in this way. Such pigs shall be killed in the same manner as cattle:

Provided always that nothing in this by-law shall affect Jews, Mohammedans or other people holding religious beliefs which compel them to kill animals for food in a particular manner.

39. The owner of any animal to be slaughtered shall provide the proper instruments, appliances and utensils required for the purpose and shall cause such articles to be thoroughly cleansed immediately after the completion of the process of slaughtering in which they have been used, and shall cause every such article when not in actual use to be kept thoroughly clean.

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