Commencement

These Regulations shall come into force on the 12th day of February, 2001. MADE by the Minister responsible for Agriculture and Fisheries this 12th day of February, 2001. (DANIEL SILVA) Minister responsible for Agriculture and Fisheries 358 SCHEDULE [Regulation 3] The examination shall be carried out by inspectors as follows: 1. Animals shall be examined in order to determine whether they shall be classified as– (a) healthy and fit for slaughter; or (b) suspect; or (c) condemned. 2. Each animal shall be examined closely and separately on arrival. 3. Recumbent animals shall be made to rise upon examination. If an animal is unable to rise or is crippled, its pulse, temperature and respiration shall be examined and, in the absence of any other indications that it should be classified as condemned, it shall be classified as suspect. 4. Any animal that is limping or salivating shall have its feet and tongue examined. 5. Swine with a temperature of 106°F or more and any other animal with a temperature of 105°F or more shall be classified as condemned unless there is doubt as to the cause, in which case such animal may be classified as suspect and isolated for further examination. 6. Any animal suffering from milk fever or travel sickness shall be classified as condemned unless in the opinion of the inspector it may respond to treatment when such animal may be classified as suspect and isolated for further examination. 7. Any animal which plainly shows the presence of any of the following diseases or conditions shall be condemned– (a) Anthrax; (b) Anasarca or generalised oedema; (c) Listeriosis; (d) Foot and mouth disease; (e) Leptospirosis; (f) Scrapie; (g) Pseudorabies; (h) Rabbies (i) Sheep Pox; (j) Sheep Scab; (k) Swine Fever; (l) Tuberculosis, generalised or with cachexia; (m) Tetanus; (n) Acute swine erysipelas; (o) Actinomycosis, generalised; (p) Actinobacillosis, generalised; (q) Bacillary haemoglobinuria; (r) Blackleg; (s) Bluetongue in sheep; (t) Haemorrhagic septicemia; 360 (u) Icterohematuria in sheep; (v) Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis; (w) Malignant espizootic catarrh; (x) Acute Influenza; (y) Acute Inflammatory Lameness; (z) Neoplasm, generalized; (aa) Epithelioma of the eye-advanced or accompanied by cachexia; (bb) Pigmentary conditions, Melanosis, Xanthosis, Ochronosis and other like conditions, when generalized; (cc) Brucellosis; (dd) Goats showing a positive reaction to the test for Bruccellosis; (ee) Caseous lymphadenitis; (ff) Icterus; (gg) Sexual odour of Swine; (hh) Emaciation; (ii) Anemia; (jj) Foreign or urine odour; (kk) Unborn or stillborn animals; (ll) Dead or dying animals 8. Any animal which plainly shows the presence of any of the following diseases or conditions shall be condemned, but may be set aside and held for treatment in the discretion of an inspector and if, at the end of the treatment period, it is found to be free from disease, it may be classified fit for slaughter and released– (a) Ketosis; (b) Swine erysipelas; (c) Vesicular disease; (d) Grass Tetany; (e) Transport Tetany; (f) Parturient paresis; (g) Anaplasmosis; (h) Babesiosis; (i) Inflammatory conditions, including pneumonia, enteritis and peritonitis; (j) any animal in a comatose or semi-comatose state; (k) any animal affected with any condition not otherwise mentioned in these paragraphs which would preclude the release of the animal for slaughter. 9. Any animal which does not clearly show the presence of but is suspected of being affected with any of the diseases or conditions specified in paragraph 7 of this Schedule or with any disease or condition which may cause condemnation or partial 362 condemnation of the carcass on post mortem examination shall be classified as suspect. 10. Any animal in the following categories shall be classified as suspect– (a) animals which have reacted to a test for leptospirosis or anaplasmosis but which show no symptoms of the disease; (b) animals which are known to have reacted to the tuberculin test. 11. Any animal suspected of having been treated with or exposed to any substance in a manner that may impart a biological residue that may make the edible tissues of the animal unwholesome or unfit for human consumption shall be classified as suspect and shall not be slaughtered until it can be expected that metabolic processes have reduced the residue sufficiently to make the tissues fit for human consumption. 12.–(1) No animal in a lot in which anthrax is found shall be slaughtered and presented for post mortem inspection until it has been determined by a careful ante mortem inspection that no anthrax infected animal remains in the lot. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subparagraph (1) no animal in such a lot or in a lot in which any animal has been treated with anthrax biologicals shall be slaughtered until at least 21 days after the last such treatment or the last death from anthrax. (3) No animal shall be treated with anthrax vaccines in any part of a slaughterhouse. (4) Any animal which has been treated within forty-two days before ante mortem inspection with anthrax, vaccines or which shows reaction to having been treated with such vaccines shall not be slaughtered until the expiry of such period or the disappearance of such reaction, whichever is the longer. 13. Where any animal has been found to be suffering from anthrax, all straw, litter and manure in all exposed parts of the slaughterhouse shall be removed and burnt and all such parts including gates, fences, ground and exposed materials shall be soaked with a 5% solution of sodium hydroxide or commercial lye.