Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Power to close slaughter-houses, processing establishments and cold stores
(1)
Where the Director or a veterinary public health officer finds that any condition in a licensed slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store has become dangerous to health or may hinder in any manner the suppression of disease or that the licensed slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store has been or is being kept in an unhygienic condition, the Director or veterinary public health officer may —
give written directives requiring that the slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store, as the case may be, be closed for such time as the Director may determine; or
give directives for the immediate stoppage of any slaughtering, processing or other work until he is satisfied that the owner or occupier of the slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store, as the case may be, has taken action to render the slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store in a clean and hygienic condition again.
(2)
The Director or a veterinary public health officer shall, as soon as possible after he has given written directives under subsection (1)(a), inform the owner or occupier of the slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store of the reasons why the directives were given.
(3)
Any person who fails to comply with any directive given to him by the Director or a veterinary public health officer 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.