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such parts of any slings or other implements or apparatus
used for loading or unloading as come into contact with the
meat or its covering; and
(b) if the vehicle is open at the top, back, or sides or if
any other commodity is being conveyed therein, shall cause
the meat to be adequately protected by means of a clean cloth
or other suitable material;
(c) shall not permit any live animal to be conveyed in the
vehicle at the same time as meat.
2. A person engaged in the handling or transport of meat—
(a) shall not permit any part of the meat to come into
contact with the ground ; and
(b) shall take such other precautions as are reasonably
necessary to prevent the exposure of the meat to
contamination.
3. Every person who employs a person to carry meat in or
about a market or other place in which meat is sold by wholesale
or in or about any place wholly or mainly used for the storage
of meat before it is distributed to retailers, shall cause such person
while so occupied to wear, and every person while so occupied
shall wear, a clean and washable head covering and overall.
4. This Article shall not apply to any meat which is packed
in hampers or other strongly constructed and impervious cases
or is adequately wrapped in jute or some other stout fabric.
NOTE.—The Public Health Act, 1896, provides by subsection
(3) of Section 1, that if any person wilfully neglects or
refuses to obey or carry out, or obstructs the execution of any
regulations made under any of the enactments mentioned in that
Act, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £100, and, in
the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding
£50 for every clay during which the offence continues.