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Slaughterhouses Act, 1958
Report on Slaughterhouse facilities
Under Section 3 (1) of the Slaughterhouses Act, 1958, each Local
Authority was required to review and, after consultation with such
organisations as appeared to the Authority to represent the interests
concerned, to report to the Minister on:—
(a) the existing and probable future requirements of their district
for slaughterhouse facilities having regard to the needs both
of persons requiring the use of such facilities and of other
persons; and
(b) the slaughterhouse facilities which were, or were likely to
become, available to meet those requirements (including any
port slaughterhouse).
There are 49 butchers shops in Finchley and they all obtain
supplies of meat from markets in London. There is one private
slaughterhouse operating in the District from which the owner obtains
part of his supplies of home-killed meat for sale in his own shops in
Finchley and adjoining districts, including Hornsey, Hendon, Barnet
and Friern Barnet. In addition this facility is used by local pig
keepers who need occasional and seasonal accommodation.
An undertaking was given by the occupier of the slaughterhouse
to carry out the works necessary to comply with the Act. The
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food accepted the Report of
the Recommendations but postponed the date of operation bringing
the new Regulation into force, from December until the spring of the
following year.
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