The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

Supervision of premises

6.—(1) The Minister may designate veterinary surgeons as OVSs and shall, in relation to any licensed premises, appoint one or more OVSs, in each case to be an authorised officer of the Minister authorised to act in relation to the examination and seizure of wild game meat, to provide the health certification of wild game meat and to be responsible for the following functions in relation to those premises—

(a) the post mortem health inspection of wild game in accordance with Schedule 4;

(b) the approval as fit, or the condemnation as unfit, for human consumption of wild game meat in accordance with Schedule 5;

(c) where appropriate, the examination of the meat of wild boar for trichinellosis;

(d) the health marking of wild game meat in accordance with Schedule 7;

(e) securing the observance of the requirements of Schedules 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9; and

(f) the carrying out of any necessary training, and the supervision, of PIAs.

(2) The Minister shall, in relation to any licensed premises, appoint such number of other persons to act as inspectors in relation to the functions specified in paragraphs (1) (a) to (f) above as appears to him to be necessary for the proper performance of those functions.

(3) An inspector appointed under paragraph (2) above shall act under the supervision and responsibility of an OVS.

(4) In considering whether it is necessary to appoint any inspector or inspectors in relation to any licensed premises processing small wild game, the Minister shall have regard to the availability in those premises of any PIAs.

(5) A veterinary surgeon designated as an OVS under regulation 8 of the Hygiene Regulations shall, in relation to any cold store or re-wrapping centre to which he is appointed under those Regulations and which handles wild game meat, be responsible for ensuring that the requirements of Schedules 8 and 9 to these Regulations are observed and that the health mark is applied in accordance with Schedule 7 to these Regulations in those establishments.

(6) An inspector appointed under regulation 8 of the Hygiene Regulations may, in relation to any cold store or re-wrapping centre to which he is appointed under those Regulations and which handles wild game meat, act as an inspector in relation to securing the observance of Schedules 8 and 9 to these Regulations, and the application of the health mark in accordance with Schedule 7 to these Regulations, in those establishments.