Resolution No. 444 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Rules for Veterinary Inspection of Animals to be Slaughtered and Meat and Meat Products Country/Territory Georgia Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Slaughtering Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection Meat Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Agricultural commodities Business/industry/corporations Consumer protection Food quality control/food safety Game Processing/handling Monitoring Public health Transport/storage Swine Toxicity/poisoning Animal production Animal reproduction Cattle Pests/diseases Disinfection/disinfestation Enforcement/compliance Sheep/goats Poultry Animal health Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Western Asia Abstract The Resolution regulates veterinary-sanitary assessment of animal products. It consists of 32 articles: Scope of application (1); Legislative basis (2); Definition of terms (3); General provisions (4); Requirements for processing, transporting and storing animals before slaughter (5); Requirements for processing animals (6); Requirements for compulsory slaughtering of animals (7); Veterinary-sanitary assessment of body and organs of slaughtered animals (8); Assessment of products of slaughtered animal (9); Assessment in the cases of infectious and invasive diseases – List A of infectious diseases (10); List B of infectious diseases (11); List B of invasive diseases (12); Assessment in cases of non-communicable diseases (13); Assessment of products of slaughtered animals in cases of poisoning and processing the animals with veterinary drugs (14); Assessment of products of slaughtered animals in cases of radiation damage (15); Assessment of slaughtered birds in cases of infectious, invasive and non-communicable diseases – List A of infectious diseases (16); List B of infectious diseases (17); List B of invasive diseases (18); Assessment of products of slaughtered birds in case of non-communicable diseases (19); Assessment of wild animals and hunted birds (20); Assessment of products of slaughtered hare and coypu (21); Veterinary-sanitary control of sausages, ham, processed and canned meat (22); Veterinary-sanitary control of fat, intestine products and food of animal origin (23); Veterinary-sanitary control of meat and meat products in refrigerators (24); Assessment and state control of meat on agricultural markets (25); Rules for rendering harmless meat and meat products (26); Laboratory examination of meat and meat products (27); Body temperature, pulse and respiration indicators of a healthy animal (28); Methods for physical-chemical assessment of meat (29); Methods for assessment of melted fat (30); Organoleptic and physical-chemical indicators of fats in livestock and wildlife (31); and Examination of meat for trichinosis (32). Full text Georgian Website matsne.gov.ge References - Legislation Implements Product Safety and Free Movement Code of Georgia (No. 6157- IS of 2012) Legislation | Georgia | 2012 (2017) Keyword: Business/industry/corporations, Certification, Enforcement/compliance, Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, International relations/cooperation, International organization, International trade, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Policy/planning, Processing/handling, Public health, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX