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England or Wales for any purpose other than exportation, he shall by a
notice in writing forbid the removal of the meat for any purpose other than
exportation.
(6.) Every notice given by the Officer of Customs, and every certificate
and every notice given by the Medical Officer of Health in pursuance of this
Article shall set forth the description of the foreign meat to which the notice
or certificate relates, and such other details as will suffice to identify the
particular consignment.
The Medical Officer of Health shall give every such certificate in duplicate,
and every such notice in triplicate.
The Medical Officer of Health shall give one copy of the certificate to the
Officer of Customs, and one copy to the importer.
The Medical Officer of Health shall give one copy of the notice to the
Officer of Customs, one copy to the importer, and one copy to the Sanitary
Authority.
Article IV.—(1.) Where the Medical Officer of Health has ascertained that
any foreign meat which the Officer of Customs has allowed to be removed, is
still within the District, the Medical Officer of Health may proceed forthwith
to examine the meat.
If, upon his examination of the meat, the Medical Officer of Health is of
opinion that the meat should not be removed to a place of destination in
England or Wales for any purpose other than exportation, he shall by a notice
in writing forbid the removal of the meat for any purpose other than
exportation.
(2.) Every notice given by the Medical Officer of Health in pursuance of
this Article shall set forth the description of the foreign meat to which the
notice relates, and such other details as will suffice to identify the particular
consignment.
The Medical Officer of Health shall give every such notice in duplicate.
The Medical Officer of Health shall give one copy of the notice to the
importer, and one copy to the Sanitary Authority.
Article V.—The Medical Officer of Health in determining whether, in the
case of any foreign meat to which these Regulations apply, he shall give a
certificate or a notice in pursuance of these Regulations, shall observe and
comply with the following rules, that is to say :—
He shall not give a certificate and shall give a notice as regards Foreign
Meat of Class I. and Foreign Meat of Class II. ;
He shall not give a certificate and shall give a notice as regards Foreign
Meat of Class III., or Foreign Meat Unclassed, if, in his opinion, the
meat, notwithstanding the official certificate, is diseased, unsound,
unwholesome, or unfit for human consumption.
Examination
of foreign
meat by
Medical
Officer of
Health in
special cases.
Rules for
guidance of
Medical
Officer of
Health.