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Environmental Health
Poultry Inspection
The Poultry processing establishment operating in the area deals mainly with birds which have
been slaughtered and plucked at poultry slaughter houses outside the Borough. Activities are confined
to evisceration, packing and freezing.
Any obviously unfit birds are rejected at the point of slaughter, those which show evidence of
disease at the time of evisceration are dealt with by trained members of the operator's staff and the
suspected carcases are retained for examination by the Public Health Inspector who exercises general
surveillance.

Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933-1958
During the year six licenses to stun and slaughter animals were issued. Only four of the Slaughtermen
licensed were regularly engaged in the slaughter of animals in the Borough.
The Meat (Sterilisation) Regulations, 1969
These Regulations came into operation on the 1st November and revoked the Meat (Staining and
Sterilisation) Regulations, 1960.
The new regulations require that all butchers' and imported meat, which is unfit for human
consumption, and all knackers meat, must be sterilised, provision being made whereby zoos, menageries,
mink farms, processors and manufacturing chemists may obtain such meat unsterilised if
it is transported in locked containers or vehicles. Such containers or vehicles must bear a legible
notice that the meat is not for human consumption.
Meat condemned at the slaughter-house is supplied to a processor in accordance with these
provisions.
The Slaughter-houses (Hygiene) Regulations, 1958
The Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations, 1958
These regulations together provide for the construction and equipment of slaughter-houses and
require hygienic conditions and humane practices in connection with the slaughter of animals.
It was necessary in one instance to send a warning letter regarding the manner in which a pig
was transported to the slaughter-house for emergency slaughter.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1950
The surveillance of stock moved into the area under the movement of swine order is carried out
by the council's veterinary officer, with the exception of animals arriving at the slaughter-house or
requiring a further movement licence for the purpose of removal for slaughter. In these cases the
duty is carried out by the public health inspectorate.
Number of Movement Licences dealt with—259.
There were no cases of notifiable disease during the year.
There are thirty-three boiler plants licenced in accordance with the Disease of Animals (waste
foods order), 1957 and the number of visits made to both piggeries and boiler plants was 134.