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5. The business operator must ensure that—
(a)a sufficient number of pens are provided at the slaughterhouse for adequate lairaging of the animals with protection from the effects of adverse weather conditions; and
(b)a lairage has—
(i)adequate ventilation to ensure that temperature, air relative humidity and ammonia levels are kept within limits that are not harmful to an animal, taking into account the extremes of temperature and humidity which may be expected; and
(ii)racks, mangers or other equipment adequate in number and size for the feeding of animals confined in the lairage, fixed where practicable, and constructed and placed so that they are easily accessible to the animals, can readily be filled and cannot readily be fouled.
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