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do not voluntarily give notice of intention to slaughter.
If such notice were given a considerable amount of time
now spent in making fruitless visits to these premises could
be saved.
The hours of slaughtering also should be restricted.
It should not be possible to kill animals late at night and
to remove the carcases from the slaughter-house early the
next morning before inspection. If, however, night
slaughtering is permitted there should be a requirement
that the carcases and offal should remain on the premises
for a reasonable time to allow a proper examination to be
made.
The adoption of some such requirements as those suggested
above would prove of benefit to the community and
would give greater security to the meat trade.
In connection with slaughter-houses and foodshops, a
considerable number of visits and inspections were made in
the evenings, after office hours.