Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Wholesome Meat and Fish (Slaughter-houses) Rules

Regulation 13

Power of Director-General to issue directives

Subregulation 1

The Director-General may, from time to time, issue to licensees such written directives as he thinks necessary for the proper control and management of licensed slaughter-houses.

Subregulation 2

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Director-General may issue written directives —

(a)

regulating the time, place and manner of slaughter of any particular animal or animals in a licensed slaughter-house;

(b)

requiring licensees to implement such quality assurance programmes as the Director-General thinks fit;

(c)

prescribing standards to regulate the exposure of meat products to microbial and chemical contaminants;

(d)

prohibiting the slaughter of any animal in a licensed slaughter-house unless an authorised examiner is present while the slaughter is being carried out;

(e)

requiring a licensee to inform the Director-General or an authorised officer whenever —

(i)

any animal intended for slaughter at a licensed slaughter-house dies before it is slaughtered;

(ii)

the licensee knows or has reason to believe that any animal intended for slaughter at the licensed slaughter-house is infected with any ailment or disease, is injured or has been treated with or exposed to any harmful substance; or

(iii)

any animal, upon being slaughtered at the licensed slaughter-house, is found to have been diseased, injured or treated with or exposed to any harmful substance;

(f)

requiring that animal or carcase of any animal be examined by an authorised examiner prior to its destruction and disposal;

(g)

regulating —

(i)

the treatment or destruction of any animal that is diseased, injured or otherwise unfit for slaughter or for use in the production of meat products; and

(ii)

the destruction and disposal (as the case requires) of any carcase or other waste matters;

(h)

regulating the use of labels, tags, dye-stuffs or any other substance in connection with the marking or tagging of carcases in a licensed slaughter-house;

(i)

prohibiting the keeping or use in a licensed slaughter-house of any harmful substance and regulating the disposal of such substance; and

(j)

requiring the licensee to furnish at such times and in such manner as the Director-General may specify, such information as the Director-General may require relating to the operation and functioning of the licensed slaughter-house.

Subregulation 3

Where the Director-General has reason to believe that any meat product which has been produced in a licensed slaughter-house is adulterated, contaminated or otherwise unfit for human consumption, the Director-General may issue a written directive to the licensee of the slaughter-house requiring the licensee to forthwith recall all stocks and to cease the sale, supply or distribution, of the meat product.

Subregulation 4

Any licensee who, without lawful excuse, fails to comply with any written directive issued under this rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

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