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household washing or work of any nature, other than is
involved in the slaughter and the dressing of carcases, shall
be carried on in any slaughter-house.
(2) No articles shall be stored in any slaughter-house
except such implements, appliances, receptacles and other
articles as are required for the slaughter of animals and
processes directly connected therewith, including the dressing,
hanging and storage of carcases, the cleansing of the
slaughter-house and the removal of refuse.
13. No person shall blow or inflate with his breath, or in
any other manner likely to cause infection or contamination,
the carcase or any part of the carcase of any animal
slaughtered for human consumption.
14. No person shall use a slaughter-house for the slaughter
of any animal which previous to slaughter is not intended
for human consumption.
Part III.—Meat Marking.
15.—(1) Where a Local Authority show to the satisfaction
of the Minister that they have made suitable arrangements
(including the appointment or employment of competent
Inspectors) for the inspection of animals at the time of
slaughter, the Minister may, on the application of the
Authority, and subject to such conditions, if any, as he may
impose, authorise them to use for the purpose and in the
manner specified in these Regulations a distinctive mark of
a design approved by him and so devised as to indicate the
identity of the Local Authority and of the Inspector using
the mark.
(2) An Inspector of a Local Authority whose mark has been
approved by the Minister shall not affix or impress the same
to or on any part of the carcase of an animal slaughtered for
the food of man unless he has inspected the whole carcase with
the organs in position and such part has appeared to him
to be free from disease, sound, wholesome and fit for the
food of man.
(3) The Local Authority and their Inspectors shall comply
with any directions given by the Minister as to the use of
such mark, and they shall not cause the mark to be affixed
to or impressed on any carcase except at the request or with
the consent of the person having possession of the carcase at
the time of inspection.
(4) The Minister may at any time revoke his authorisation
of the use of a mark or his approval of a mark adopted as
aforesaid.
16. No Local Authority shall use or permit to be used a
mark indicating that the carcase or any part of the carcase
of an animal for human consumption has been inspected