Guidelines for export slaughterhouses.

  • Meat and Livestock Commission
Date:
1974
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Guidelines for export slaughterhouses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and means that inclusion on the export list can never be guaranteed to any operator on the basis of mere examinations of plans or specifications, nor continued inclusion ensured if premises, working practices or management deteriorate. The guidelines in this bulletin are directed mainly towards new slaughterhouses. Their application to the redesign of existing premises requires care if the recommendations need to be modified to Suit site peculiarities. Designs prepared for operators by the Meat Plant Advisory Service of the MLC (which is concerned with efficient operation as well as meeting the terms of the Regulations) are forwarded for comment to the relevant Government Departments with whom full liaison is maintained. This procedure should also be followed, before building work commences, by whoever else prepares plans for a new slaughterhouse or the modification of existing premises. It is further recommended that the MLC should be consulted from the point of view of efficient operation. This bulletin, which was prepared by Charles Smith of the Meat Plant Advisory Service under the direction of its Head, Brian Holt, has been discussed at all stages of drafting with the members of the Working Party on the EEC Directive of Trade in Fresh Meat to whom grateful acknowledgement is made for their experienced and helpful contribution. This Working Party, which consists of representatives of the relevant Government Departments, the abattoir operators and the Meat and Livestock Commission, is fully in agreement with its contents. However, although advice is given in good faith, neither the MLC nor its staff accept any liability therefore or any claim in respect thereof, whether arising from negligence or otherwise. The current document should be considered a first edition which can, in due course, be improved, extended and up-dated; the readers are invited to inform the MLC's Meat Plant Advisory Service of their views on the contents of the Bulletin and its improvement.