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Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Animals) (Ante Mortem)(Inspection) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 23 of 2001).

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Subsidiary Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2003, CAP. 211.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Meat Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection Slaughtering Animal health Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

These Regulations make provision for the control of animals before slaughter by inspectors designated by the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. No animal that has been classified as condemned shall be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse (as defined). Suspect or condemned animals shall be so identified by or under the supervision of an inspector. An animals that has been classified as suspect shall be kept separate in an isolation liar, and if deemed fit, be slaughtered in an isolation slaughterhouse. No animals that show a sign of "the onset of a parturition" shall be slaughtered until after the parturition. The Schedule contains rules relative to examination of animals by inspectors.

Full text
English
Website
www.belizelaw.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999).

Legislation | Belize | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Fraud, Basic legislation, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Plant protection, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX