Meat Supply Act (Cap. 51) Country/Territory Vanuatu Document type Legislation Date 1967 (1988) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu Revised Edition 1988. Long titleAn Act to control the supply and inspection of meat in Vanuatu. Subject Food & nutrition, Livestock Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Inspection Internal trade Processing/handling Slaughtering Transport/storage Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act makes provision for the control of slaughtering of animals, slaughterhouses and butcheries, inspection of animals to be slaughtered, inspection, grading and weighing of meat, the storage and transport of meat and the offering of meat to the public. A meat control inspector is appointed for the purpose of this Act under section 2. No person shall operate a slaughterhouse unless it complies with the construction requirements set out in sections 3, 4 and 5, Hygienic requirements in handling of meat are set out in section 6. Section 7 prescribes methods and procedures of slaughtering. Every person intending to slaughter any animal shall give to a meat inspector such notice of the time when the slaughterhouse is to be used as shall enable such animals to be inspected both before and after being slaughtered and the owner of every slaughterhouse shall keep on the premises a register of slaughtering (sects. 8 and 9). Animals and meat may be inspected by inspectors. All meat declared fit for human consumption shall be graded and stamped in accordance with section 13 and all meat declared unfit for human consumption shall be destroyed in accordance with section 14. Section 16 sets out construction requirements for butcher shops, cannery or any other premises where foodstuffs of animal origin destined for human consumption are prepared or placed on sale. No person shall sell or knowingly purchase any meat which has not been inspected by a meat inspector and passed as fit for human consumption (24 sections). Full text English References - Legislation Repealed by Meat Industry Act 1991 (No. 5 of 1991). Legislation | Vanuatu | 1991 Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Inspection, Internal trade, Slaughtering, Registration, International trade, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Meat Industry Act 1991 (Cap. 213). Legislation | Vanuatu | 1991 (2006) Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Inspection, Internal trade, Slaughtering, Registration, International trade, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX