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PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1955.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES ACT, 1958.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. 1958.
MEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS. 196?.
Your Inspectors have, in the past, maintained a high percentage of
meat inspection during the course of the six days per week of slaughtering
at the local privately owned slaughterhouse. On the 1st October 1963,
the Meat Inspection Regulations 1963, came into operation at very short
notice. The Council at the first opportunity, gave authority for the
employment of a full time meat inspector and we were fortunate in securing
the services of Mr. J. Ramsay, who commenced his duties in the middle of
November.
Since the 1st October we have maintained l00/o inspection of all
animals slaughtered, with one exception when twelve calves were slaughtered
late in the evening and no inspector was available. The Ministry's
Inspector was notified as soon as possible.
For the six weeks before Mr. Ramsay took up his appointment one of
your three Public Health Inspectors was at the slaughterhouse on the days of
slaughtering and therefore unable to carry out other duties.
Carcases passed as fit for human consumption are marked with a stamp
which is also coded to indicate the inspector who carried out the inspection.
Charges are made for the inspection service at the following rates, as
permitted by the Regulations: 2/6d for bovines; 9d for calves and pigs,
and 6d for sheep and goats.
The condemned meat and offals are taken away for manufacture into
useful by-products.