13. Power of Director-General to issue directives

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

regulating —

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

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

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;

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

regulating —

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

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

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;

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

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.

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.

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.