ZWE - ΣA - LAIRAGE
FOOD SAFETY
Zimbabwe / Food safety
INSPECTION
LAIRAGE (APPLIES TO LIVESTOCK AND FARMED WILD ANIMALS ONLY)
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Section 10 -
The lairage for animals shall be separated from the stunning area and shall have-
(a) sufficient accommodation for all animals which are to be slaughtered in any 24 hour period, and
(b) a roofed section for the housing of animals which are scheduled to be slaughtered within the next 12 hours;
(c) floors constructed of concrete or of similar durable impermiable material which shall be-
(i) sufficiently sloped and drained to permit thorough cleaning and disposal of waste material in such a way as to avoid contamination of other pens or walkaways and
(ii) kerbed in each pen to height of at least 300 millimetres to minimise cross contamination from adjacent pens and walkaways; and
(d) sufficent lighting in the roofed section to permit the inspection of the animals at all times; and
(e) separate water troughs for each pen which are of adequate capacity to supply water to all animals in the pen prior slaughter, and
(f) divisions between pens and walkaways which are constructed of impermeable and easily cleaned material, free from sharp projections and of a sufficient heightand strength to contain the animals, and
(g) adeqaute separate lockable quarantine facilities for the inspection and detention of animals, together with adequate post mortem and incineration facilities for dead animals, and drain with a separate soakaway.
Section 11 -
The lairage for birds shall consist of -
(a) a separate roofed receing area so constructed that live birds do not have access to any part of the slaughter house and an impervious, easily cleanable floor sufficiently sloped and drained; and
(b) a separate lockable room easy to clean and disinfect used exclusively for holding birds suffreing or suspected to be suffreing from a disease or which are dead on arrival
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Section 10- The lairage for animals shall be separated from the stunning area and shall have- (a) sufficient accommodation for all animals which are to be slaughtered in any 24 hour period, and (b) a roofed section for the housing of animals which are scheduled to be slaughtered within the next 12 hours; (c) floors constructed of concrete or of similar durable impermiable material which shall be- (1) sufficiently sloped and drained to permit thorough cleaning and disposal of waste material in such a way as to avoid contamination of other pens or walkaways and (ii) kerbed in each pen to height of at least 300 millimetres to minimise cross contamination from adjacent pens and walkaways; and (d) sufficent lighting in the roofed section to permit the inspection of the animals at all times; and (e) separate water troughs for each pen which are of adequate capacity to supply water to all animals in the pen prior slaughter, and (f) divisions between pens and walkaways which are constructed of impermeable and easily cleaned material, free from sharp projections and of a sufficient heightand strength to contain the animals, and (g) adeqaute separate lockable quarantine facilities for the inspection and detention of animals, together with adequate post mortem and incineration facilities for dead animals, and drain with a separate soakaway. Section 11- The lairage for birds shall consist of - (a) a separate roofed receing area so constructed that live birds do not have access to any part of the slaughter house and an impervious, easily cleanable floor sufficiently sloped and drained; and (b) a separate lockable room easy to clean and disinfect used exclusively for holding birds suffreing or suspected to be suffreing from a disease or which are dead on arrival
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Section 10 (extract) -
The lairage for animals shall be separated from the stunning area and shall have- (...)
(f) divisions between pens and walkaways which are constructed of impermeable and easily cleaned material, free from sharp projections and of a sufficient heightand strength to contain the animals, and
(g) adeqaute separate lockable quarantine facilities for the inspection and detention of animals, together with adequate post mortem and incineration facilities for dead animals, and drain with a separate soakaway.
Section 11 -
The lairage for birds shall consist of -
(a) a separate roofed receing area so constructed that live birds do not have access to any part of the slaughter house and an impervious, easily cleanable floor sufficiently sloped and drained; and
(b) a separate lockable room easy to clean and disinfect used exclusively for holding birds suffreing or suspected to be suffreing from a disease or which are dead on arrival