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They provided for the giving of notice to the Local
Authority by Licensees of slaughterhouses of their intention
to slaughter an animal at least three hours before the time of
slaughtering.
This is an important section and enables arrangements to
be made for the inspection of all carcases of animals
slaughtered in the local slaughterhouses.
Meat Marking.—Provision is made in the Regulations for
the stamping of all carcases so examined on payment of a fee,
but up to the present, no request has been received for this
to be done.
Stalls.—It is provided that a person selling meat or exposing
or offering meat for sale from any stall shall—
(a) shall keep his name and address legibly painted or
inscribed on such stall in some conspicuous
position;
(b) shall cause such stall (if not placed in an enclosed
and covered market place) to be suitably covered
over and to be screened at the sides and back
thereof in such a manner as to prevent mud, filth
or other contaminating substance being splashed or
blown from the ground upon any meat on the stall;
(c) shall cause every counter, slab, vessel or other article
on or in which meat is placed for sale and all knives
and other implements used in connection with the
meat to be thoroughly cleansed after use and to be
kept at all times in a cleanly condition;
(d) shall take all such steps as may be reasonably
necessary to guard against the contamination of the
meat by flies;
(e) shall not place or cause to be placed any meat on, or
within eighteen inches of the ground or floor, unless
the meat is placed in a closed cupboard or other
adequately protected space not less than nine inches
from the ground or floor;
(/) shall cause all trimmings, refuse and rubbish to be
placed in properly covered receptacles kept for the
purpose apart from any meat intended for sale.
Shops, Stores, etc.—It is further provided that—
(1) The occupier of any room in which any meat is
sold or exposed for sale or deposited for the purpose of sale
or of preparation for sale or with a view to future sale, and
any person who knowingly lets any room or suffers any room