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Order No. 147-A/97 regulating sanitary procedures for animals destined to slaughter.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 50/97 (I-B), 28 February 1997, pp. 902-(2 and 3).
Subject
Food & nutrition, Livestock
Keyword
Meat Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Animal welfare Slaughtering Transport/storage
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Order regulates slaughtering procedures, including sanitary requirements for gathering, transport and slaughtering of animals (sheep, goat and cattle). It also prescribes the amounts to be paid for any slaughtered animal as well as the procedures for the placing into the market of such meat.

Full text
Portuguese

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Order No. 205/2000 repealing the system of animal collection, transport and slaughtering, established by Order 147-A/97.

Legislation | Portugal | 2000

Keyword: Slaughtering, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX