Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930
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Disposal of meat or offals unfit for human consumption. |
37.—(1) If, on the slaughter of any animal presented for examination to a veterinary examiner at registered slaughtering premises by a licensed exporter, it is found and certified by such examiner that the carcase or offals of such animal are unfit for human consumption, such carcase or offals shall immediately be so treated by such licensed exporter as to render them incapable of being used for the food of man, or, if so required by the local sanitary authority within whose functional area such premises are situate, shall be surrendered to such local sanitary authority to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1919, as amended by Part II. of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925). | |
(2) If, on the slaughter of any animal presented for examination to a veterinary examiner at registered slaughtering premises by a licensed exporter, any portion of the carcase or any portion of the offals of such animal is found and certified by such examiner to be unfit for human consumption, such portion or portions of such carcase or offals shall immediately be so treated by such licensed exporter as to render them incapable of being used for the food of man, or, if so required by the local sanitary authority within whose functional area such premises are situate, shall be surrendered to such local sanitary authority to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1919, as amended by Part II . of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925). | ||
(3) Every licensed exporter who is the owner of any carcase or offals or of any portion of a carcase or offals found and certified under this section to be unfit for human consumption and who through himself or his agent neglects or refuses to treat or surrender the same as required by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. | ||
(4) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to control or affect the provisions of section 131 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, or of sections 132 to 135 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, as amended by section 28 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890. |