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7.—(1) The provisions of this Part of these Regulations shall apply in the case of an animal (hereafter in this Part referred to as “a casualty animal”) which is slaughtered elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse by reason of its having been affected by an accident, illness or other emergency in terms of section 12(1) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956.
(2) The body of a casualty animal, or the meat or blood derived therefrom, shall not be sold for human consumption until it has been inspected in a slaughterhouse into which it has been brought in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations, and the provisions of regulation 5 shall apply to such animal.
8.—(1) The body of a casualty animal shall, if it is to be dressed elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse, be so dressed—
(a)as soon as may be after the animal has been slaughtered,
(b)at or as near as is practicable to the place where it is slaughtered, and
(c)as to ensure that the offal remains identifiable with the carcase of the animal or the portions into which the carcase has been divided.
(2) If the person dressing the body of a casualty animal, or any person having the custody or control of the meat derived from any such animal, has reason to believe that there is in the meat evidence of disease, he shall not knowingly take any action which might alter or destroy that evidence.
(3) Any person engaged in dressing the body of a casualty animal shall comply with the provisions of this regulation and the employer or other person having control of any person so engaged shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the compliance by the last mentioned person with the provisions of this regulation.
9.—(1) The owner of the body of a casualty animal, the meat to be derived from which is intended for human consumption, shall bring the body of the animal or, where the body has been dressed, the meat, into a slaughterhouse for inspection by a meat inspector and shall ensure that the offal is identifiable with the carcase from which it was derived.
(2) The person having charge of the slaughterhouse into which it is proposed to bring the body of, or the meat derived from, a casualty animal shall accept the body, or the meat, into the slaughterhouse only if there is furnished to him a statement signed by a veterinary surgeon containing the following particulars—
(a)the reason for the animal having been slaughtered elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse,
(b)that the animal was not at the time of slaughter suffering from any disease notifiable under the Animal Health Act 1981(1), and
(c)any drug which, to the knowledge of the veterinary surgeon, has been administered to the animal before slaughter and which might affect the meat or blood derived from the animal.
(3) A statement in terms of this regulation shall also be furnished to the meat inspector carrying out the inspection.
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