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NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the ဆတth March, ဆငငစ
S.O.ဆထင(E) - Whereas the draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, ဆငငင were published, as required by sub-section (စ) of section ဇဒ of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, စဓတင (ဉဓ of စဓတင), under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment number S.O. စစတဉ (E) dated the ဆတth December, ဆငငင in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section ဇ, Sub Section (ii) dated the ဆထth December, ဆငငင inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification are made available to the public.
And, whereas copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the စst January ဆငငစ.
And, whereas no objection or suggestion has been received from the public in respect of the said draft rules by the Central Government.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (စ) and (ဆ) of section ဇဒ of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, စဓတင (ဉဓ of စဓတင), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :
စ. Short title and commencement : (စ) These rules may be called the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, ဆငငစ (ဆ) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette
ဆ. Definitions - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires :-
a) Act means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, စဓတင (ဉဓ of စဓတင); b) Slaughter means the killing or destruction of any animal for the purpose of food and includes all the processes and operations performed on all such animals in order to prepare it for being slaughtered. c) Slaughter house means a slaughter house wherein စင or more than စင animals are slaughtered per day and is duly licensed or recognised under a Central, State or Provincial Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder. d) veterinary doctor means a person registered with the Veterinary Council of India established under the Indian Veterinary Council Act, စဓဒဈ (ဉဆ of စဓဒဈ).
ဇ. Animals not to be slaughtered except in recognised or licensed houses - (စ) No person shall slaughter any animal within a municipal area except in a slaughter house recognised or licensed by the concerned authority empowered under the law for the time being in force to do so. (ဆ) No animal which - (i) is pregnant, or (ii) has an offspring less than three months old, or
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(iii)is under the age of three months or (iv) has not been certified by a veterinary doctor that it is in a fit condition to be slaughtered. shall be slaughtered (ဇ) The municipal or other local authority specified by the Central Government for this purpose shall, having regard to the capacity of the slaughter house and the requirement of the local population of the area in which a slaughter house is situated, determine the maximum number of animals that may be slaughtered in a day.
ဈ. Reception area or resting grounds - (စ) The slaughter house shall have a reception area of adequate size sufficient for livestock subject to veterinary inspection. (ဆ) The veterinary doctor shall examine thoroughly not more than စဆ animals in an hour and not more than ဓတ animals in a day. (ဇ) The veterinary doctor after examining the animal shall issue a fitness certificate in the form specified by the Central Government for this purpose. (ဈ) The reception area of slaughter house shall have proper ramps for direct unloading of animals from vehicles or railway wagons and the said reception area shall have adequate facility sufficient for feeding and watering of animals. (ဉ) Separate isolation pens shall be provided in slaughter house with watering and feeding arrangements for animals suspected to be suffering from contagious and infectious diseases, and fractious animals, in order to segregate them from the remaining animals. (တ) Adequate holding area shall be provided in slaughter house according to the class of animals to be slaughtered and the said holding area shall have water and feeding facilities. (ထ) The resting grounds in slaughter house shall have overhead protective shelters. (ဒ) Ante-mortem and pen area in slaughter house shall be paved with impervious material such as concrete non-slippery herring-bone type suitable to stand wear and tear by hooves, or brick, and pitched to suitable drainage facilities and the curbs of said impervious material စဉင to ဇငင mm high shall be provided around the borders of livestock pen area, except at the entrances and such pen shall preferably be covered.
ဉ. Lairages - (စ) Every animal after it has been subjected to veterinary inspection shall be passed on to a lairage for resting for ဆဈ hours before slaughter. (ဆ) The lairage of the slaughter house shall be adequate in size sufficient for the number of animals to be laired; (ဇ) The space provided in the pens of such lairage shall be not less than ဆ.ဒ sq.mt. per large animal and စ.တ sq.mt. per small animal (ဈ) The animals shall be kept in such lairage separately depending upon their type and class and such lairage shall be so constructed as to protect the animals from heat, cold and rain (ဉ) The lairage shall have adequate facilities for watering and post-mortem inspection.
တ. Slaughter - (စ) No animal shall be slaughtered in a slaughter house in sight of other animals
(ဆ) No animal shall be administered any chemical, drug or hormone before slaughter except drug for its treatment for any specific disease or ailment.
a) Plant Building - (i) Materials used shall be impervious, easily cleansable, and resistant to wear and corrosion. (ii) Materials such as wood, plaster board, and porous acoustic-type boards, which are absorbent and difficult to keep clean shall not be used.
b) Floors - The floors shall be non-absorbent and non-slippery with rough finish and shall have suitable gradient for drainage.
c) Coves - Coves with radii sufficient to promote sanitation shall be installed at the juncture of floors and walls in all rooms and which shall not be less than စငင mm.
(d) Interior Walls - (i) Interior walls shall be smooth and flat and constructed of impervious materials such as glazed brick, glazed tile, smooth surface Portland cement plaster, or other non-toxic, non- absorbent material applied to a suitable base. (ii) Walls shall be provided with suitable sanitary type bumpers to prevent damage by hand trucks, carcass shunks, and the like. (iii) The interior walls shall have washable surface up to the height of ဆ meters from the floor so that the splashes may be washed and disinfected.
(e) Ceilings - (i) Ceilings shall be of the height of ဉ mtrs or more in workrooms and so far as structural conditions permit, ceilings shall be smooth and flat. (ii) Ceilings shall be constructed of Portland cement plaster, large size cement asbestos boards with joints sealed with a flexible sealing compound, or other acceptable impervious material and finished so as to minimise condensation, mould development, flaking and accumulation of dirt. (iii) The walls above glazed type portion and ceiling shall be painted with water-resistant paint to maintain them clean.
(f) Window Ledges - Window ledges shall be sloped at ဈဉ degrees to promote sanitation and to avoid damage to glass in windows from impact of hand trucks and similar equipment, the windowsills shall be စဆငင mm above the floor level with proper ventilation through mechanical venting or through working vents shall be provided in the roof structure.
(g) Doorways and Doors - (i) Doorways through which product is transferred on rails or in hand trucks shall be at least စဉငင mm high and shall be atleast စ ဉငင mm wide. (ii) Doors shall either be of rust-resistant metal construction throughout, or if made with rust-resistant metal having tight softwood, they shall be clad on both sides with soldered or welded seams. (iii) Doorjambs shall be clad with rust-resistant metal securely affixed so as to provide no crevices for dirt or vermin and the juncture at which the door joins the walls shall be effectively sealed with a flexible sealing compound.
(h) Screens and Insect control - All windows, doorways and other openings that may admit flies shall be equipped with effective insect and rodent screens and Fly chaser fans and ducts or air curtains shall be provided over doorways in outside wall of food handing areas that are used for dispatch or receiving.
(i) Rodent-Proofing-Except in the case of solid masonry, walls constructed of glazed tile, glazed brick, and the like, expanded metal or wire mesh not exceeding စဆ.ဉ mm mesh, shall be embedded in walls and floor at their junction and such mesh shall extend vertically and horizontally to a sufficient distance to exclude the entrance of rats and other rodents.
(j) Vehicular areas for Trucks - (i) Concrete paved areas, properly drained and extending at least တ metres from building, loading docks or livestock platforms shall be provided at places where vehicles are loaded or unloaded. (ii) Pressure washing jets and disinfection facilities for trucks carrying animals shall also be provided at such places.
(k) Drainage - (i) All parts of floors where wet operations are conducted shall be well drained and as
far as possible, one drainage inlet shall be provided for each ဇထ metre square of floor space (ii) A slope of about ဆင mm per metre to drainage inlets shall be provided for usual conditions and it shall be ensured that the floor slopes uniformly to drains with no low spots, which collect liquid. (iii) Floor drains shall not be provided in freezer rooms or dry storage areas and when floor drains are installed in rooms where the water seal in traps is likely to evaporate without replenishment, they shall be provided with suitable removable metal screw plugs.
(l) Traps and vents on drainage lines - (i) Each floor drain, including blood drains, shall be equipped with a deep seal trap (P-, U-, or S-shape) (ii) Drainage lines shall be properly vented to the outside air and be equipped with effective rodent screens.
(m)Sanitary drainage lines - Drainage line from toilet pans and urinals shall not be connected with other drainage lines within the plant and shall not discharge into a grease catch basin and such lines shall be installed so that if leakage develops, it shall not affect the product or the equipment.
(n) Lighting and ventilation - (i) Unrefrigerated work rooms shall be provided with adequate direct natural light and ventilation or ample artificial light and ventilation by mechanical means. (ii) Uncoloured glass having a high transmissibility of light shall be used in skylights and windows (iii) The glass area shall be approximately one-fourth of the floor area of a workroom and such ratio shall be increased where there are obstructions, such as adjacent buildings, overhead catwalks, and hoists, which interfere with the admittance of direct natural light. (iv) Distributed artificial lighting of much quality and at such distances as may be specified by the Central Government shall be provided at all places where adequate natural light is not available or is insufficient.
(o) Every abattoir shall be provided with distributed artificial light of an overall intensity of not less than ဆငင lux at the distances as may be specified by the Central Government throughout the slaughter hall and workrooms and at places where meat inspection is carried out, the overall intensity of artificial light shall be not less than ဉငင lux.
(p) every abattoir shall be provided with suitable and sufficient means of ventilation to the outside air and the construction of the slaughter hall shall be so arranged that the dressed carcasses are not exposed to direct sunlight;
(q) a sufficient, safe, potable and constant supply of fresh water shall be available at adequate pressure through the premises.
(r) the pressure for the general purpose of floor washing may preferably be ဆငင to ဇဇင kPa for through floor cleaning
(s) for thorough and efficient washing of carcasses, a higher pressure between စငငင kPa to စထငင kPa shall be maintained.
(t) floor washing point shall be provided preferably for minimum ဇထ meter square on slaughter floor and working departments.
(u) a constant supply of clean hot water shall be available in the slaughter hall and workrooms during working hours and the hotwater required for frequent sterilising of equipment shall not be less than ဒဆ degree celsius.
(v) where necessary for sanitary maintenance, equipment shall be constructed and installed so as to be completely self-draining.
(w) the following materials shall not be used in an abattoir, namely- (i) copper and its alloys in equipment used for edible products. (ii) cadmium in any form in equipment handling edible products
