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 Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Repealed by Order No. 205/2000 repealing the system of animal collection, transport and slaughtering, established by Order 147-A/97.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