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Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance (Chapter 139).

Country/Territory
China, Hong Kong SAR
Document type
Legislation
Date
1936 (2000)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
To consolidate and amend the law relating to quarantine and the prevention of disease among animals and birds, to make provision relating to the regulation of businesses, trades and other activities involving animals and birds and the licensing of such businesses, trades and activities and persons and places connected therewith, to make provision relating to the regulation of livestock keeping and connected activities, to make provision relating to the slaughter for human consumption of animals and birds, the processing and export of the carcasses thereof, the regulation and control of the sale of milk produced in dairies, and to provide for the protection and safety of the public at places where wild animals and birds are exhibited.
Subject
Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Animal health International trade Pests/diseases Slaughtering Offences/penalties Wild fauna
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Ordinance regulates the import of animals and birds for the prevention and introduction of animal diseases into Hong Kong.

Full text
English
Website
www.hklii.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Trading and Breeding) Regulations (Cap. 139 sub. leg. B).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1973 (2018)

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Internal trade, Animal reproduction, Offences/penalties, Birds, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Dairies Regulations (Chapter 139D).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1960 (2001)

Keyword: Milk/dairy products, Authorization/permit, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Offences/penalties, Royalties/fees, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals) (Boarding Establishment) Regulations (Cap. 139 sub. leg. I).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1973 (2000)

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Royalties/fees, Animal production, Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Exhibitions) Regulations (Chapter 139F).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1973 (2006)

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Pests/diseases, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Keeping of Cattle, Sheep and Goats) Regulations (Chapter 139C).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1960 (2000)

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Cattle, Grazing, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Sheep/goats, Offences/penalties, Pastoralism

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals and Birds) Regulations (Chapter 139A).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1936 (2003)

Keyword: Animal health, Authorization/permit, Certification, Internal trade, International trade, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Slaughtering, Offences/penalties, Wild fauna, Birds

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Chemical Residues) Regulation (Chapter 139N).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2003 (2006)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Milk/dairy products, MRL-maximum residue limit, Drugs, Animal health, Internal trade, Poultry, Toxicity/poisoning, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Licensing of Livestock Keeping) Regulation (Chapter 139L).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1994 (2006)

Keyword: Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Poultry, Swine, Royalties/fees, Organic waste, Solid waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Disease) Declaration (Chapter 139M).

Legislation | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1999

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX