Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Personal and environmental cleanliness
Subregulation 1
Every person who is employed in a licensed slaughter-house to handle any meat product shall do so in a hygienic manner.
Subregulation 2
No person who is employed in a licensed slaughter-house shall —
while handling any meat product —
apply his fingers to his mouth, eye, ear, nose or scalp;
cough, spit, sneeze or expel mucus from his nose;
smoke, or use tobacco or snuff or any other preparation or chew tobacco or betel nuts; or
wipe his hands on his clothing or with any other material other than a clean, single-use towel; or
place any harmful substance in such manner as to be likely to come into contact with any meat product.
Subregulation 3
Every person who is employed in a licensed slaughter-house shall, when handling any meat product —
wear clean attire and keep his body clean;
wear appropriate protective attire;
protect or cover with water-proof dressing any open cut or lesion or graze on his hand;
keep his fingernails clean and short; and
upon every occasion before commencing such work, or after visiting any urinal, water closet or other similar convenience and before resuming such work, wash his hands thoroughly with soap and clean water.
Subregulation 4
No person shall gamble or litter within the premises of a licensed slaughter-house.
Subregulation 5
No person shall vandalise or do any act which soils the premises, equipment or other appurtenances of a licensed slaughter-house.
Subregulation 6
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with this rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Subregulation 7
Where an offence under paragraph (6) is proved to have been committed with the consent and connivance of, or to be reasonably attributable to any neglect on the part of, the licensee of the licensed slaughter-house, the licensee shall also be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.