Singapore legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Owners and occupiers of licensed slaughter‑houses to ensure that animals are fit for slaughter
(1)
It is the duty of the owner and occupier of a licensed slaughter‑house to ensure —
that no animal which is diseased or which is, for any other reason, unfit for human consumption is slaughtered at the slaughter‑house; and
that the carcase of any animal which, upon being slaughtered at the slaughter‑house, is found to have any disease or to be otherwise unfit for human consumption is destroyed or disposed of in the prescribed manner.
(2)
Any owner or occupier of a licensed slaughter-house who fails to comply with any of the owner’s or occupier’s duties under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(3)
In any proceedings against the owner or occupier of a licensed slaughter‑house for failing to comply with the owner’s or occupier’s duty under subsection (1)(a), it is a defence for the person charged to prove —
that until the animal had been slaughtered, the person charged did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, that the animal was diseased or otherwise unfit for human consumption; and
that the person charged took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by the person charged or by any person under the control of the person charged.