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(2) Where on the slaughter of an animal for sale
for human consumption it appears that any part of
the carcase or internal organs is or may be diseased
or unsound the person by or on whose behalf the
animal was slaughtered shall forthwith give notice of
the fact to the Local Authority.
(3) Except in certain specified cases the person by
or on whose behalf an animal is slaughtered shall not
cause or permit the carcase of the animal including the
mesentery and internal organs other than the stomach,
intestines and bladder, to be removed from the place
of slaughter until such carcase with its organs has been
inspected, or its removal has been authorised, by an
Inspector of the Local Authority.
(4) No gut-scraping, tripe cleaning, manufacture or
preparation of articles of food for man or for animals,
household washing or work of any nature, other than
is involved in the slaughter and dressing of carcases,
shall be carried on in any slaughterhouse.
(5) No person shall blow or inflate with his breath,
or in any manner likely to cause infection or contamination,
the carcase or any part of the carcase of any
animal slaughtered for human consumption.
(6) No person shall use a slaughterhouse for the
slaughter of any animal which, previous to slaughter,
is not intended for human consumption.
The next part of the Regulations deals with meat
marking and enables a Local Authority to use a special
mark on any carcases passed by their inspectors.
Part 4 of the Regulations deals with the sale of meat
from stalls and the most important parts are as
follows:—
(a) A person selling meat or exposing or offering
meat for sale from any stall shall cause
such stall to be suitably covered over and
to be screened at the sides and back thereof