Meat and Livestock Act. Pays/Territoire Belize Type du document Législation Date 1981 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Bétail, Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Viande Abattage Institution Fonds spécial Production animale Aire géographique Amériques, Amérique Centrale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Petits états insulaires en développement Résumé An Act to make provisions for the establishment of the Meat and Livestock Commission (sect. 3) and the Belize Livestock Producers Association (sect. 14), to define functions and powers of the Commission and the Association and to provide for financial and administrative matters of the Commission and Association. The powers and duties of the Commission shall include: (a) to register and regulate cattle breeding societies; (b) to hold or otherwise operate auction sales of livestock; (c) to control the slaughtering of female livestock; (d) to impose minimum weight restrictions on the slaughtering of all livestock; (e) to regulate the movement of cattle and meat within and between districts;(f) to grade livestock and meat and to specify the standards to be applied therefore; (g) to control the sale and exportation and importation of live cattle to be used for breeding or for slaughter; (h) to operate meat packing plants; (i) to advise the Minister on all matters concerned with the meat and livestock industry; (j) to be an arbitrator, when requested, in disputes. (sect. 7). The objects of the Association shall include: (a) to promote understanding and goodwill among the members of the Association; (b) to promote the development of the livestock industry; (c) to nominate the Association’s representatives on the Meat and Livestock Commission to safeguard the interests of members in all matters concerned with the production and marketing of livestock; (d) carry out other functions for the development of the industry (sect. 15).The shall be a fund to be known as the “Livestock Producers Development Fund”. (5) The administration of the Fund shall be vested in a Board of Trustees. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.belizelaw.org