Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1954
In short
This law makes various provisions relating to meat, primarily by amending existing agricultural acts concerning fresh meat, slaughter of cattle and sheep, and pigs and bacon. It also introduces rules for certifying and handling animal liver suitable for pharmaceutical purposes.
What it regulates
- Amendments to the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930.
- Amendments to the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934.
- Amendments to the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935, and the Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939.
- Certification and disposal of animal liver for pharmaceutical use.
Who it concerns
- Licensed exporters and holders of manufacturing licences.
- Licensees involved in the pig and bacon industry.
- Sanitary authorities and veterinary officers.
Key points
- The Minister for Agriculture can attach, revoke, or vary conditions on manufacturing licences with at least one month's notice.
- Regulations regarding certain sums (e.g., one shilling, three pence, three half-pence) in the Act of 1930 and sums in the Act of 1935 must have a draft laid before each House of the Oireachtas for approval before being made.
- If a pig purchased by a licensee dies before reaching or at licensed premises (not by slaughter), a veterinary examiner can certify its death, and the carcase must be immediately treated to render it unfit for human food. Failure to do so results in a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
- Animal liver, though unfit for human food, can be certified by a veterinary officer as suitable for pharmaceutical purposes. Such liver becomes the property of the sanitary authority or licensed exporter and can only be sold to a person holding a specific licence from the Minister. Contravention of these rules can lead to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
Legal text
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this subsection, been certified, at slaughtering premises maintained by a sanitary authority, as suitable for use for pharmaceutical purposes— (
- i)the liver shall become and be the property of the sanitary authority, (
- ii)the sanitary authority shall not sell or dispose of the liver to any person other than the holder of a licence under subsection
- a)Where, on the slaughter of any animal presented for examination under the Act of 1930, as amended by the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 36 of 1935), to a veterinary examiner at registered slaughtering premises by a licensed exporter, it is found by the examiner that the liver of the animal, though unfit for human consumption, is suitable for use for pharmaceutical purposes, he may, if he thinks fit, certify that the liver is so suitable. (
- b)Where the liver of an animal has, by
this subsection, been certified, at the registered premises of a licensed exporter, as suitable for use for pharmaceutical purposes— (
- i)section 37 of the Act of 1930 shall not apply in respect of the liver, (
- ii)the licensed exporter shall not sell or dispose of the liver to any person other than the holder of a licence under subsection
- a)Where at any licensed premises it is found by a veterinary examiner that the liver of a pig, though unfit for human consumption, is suitable for use for pharmaceutical purposes, he may, if he thinks fit, certify that the liver is so suitable. (
- b)Where the liver of a pig has, by
this subsection, been certified at licensed premises, as suitable for use for pharmaceutical purposes— (
- i)section 58 of the Act of 1935 shall not apply in respect of the liver, (
- ii)the licensee shall not sell or dispose of the liver to any person other than the holder of a licence under subsection
this section relates. (b) The Minister may attach to a licence under this subsection such conditions as he thinks fit, including conditions as to the treatment to which any liver to which
this section relates and which has been purchased by the licensee is to be subjected and conditions restrictive of the disposition of any such liver. (c) Where any conditions are attached to a licence under this subsection, the licensee shall comply with them.
this section relates. (
- b)Paragraph (
- a)of this subsection shall not be construed as affecting the Agricultural Products (Restriction of Export) Order, 1953.
Article 18of the Emergency Powers (No.
267) Order, 1943 (S.R. & O., No. 102 of 1943), which was in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall be regarded as
subsection
Article 3of the Emergency Powers (No.
272) Order, 1943 (S.R. & O., No. 140 of 1943), which was in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall be regarded as
subsection
Article 4
of that Order which was in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall be regarded as
subsection
Article 5
of that Order which was in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall be regarded as
subsection
- SCHEDULE. Revocations. Section 9 . Number and Year in the Statutory Rules and Orders Short title Extent of Revocation No. 247 of 1941 Emergency Powers (No. 89) Order,
- The whole Order. No. 102 of 1943 Emergency Powers (No. 267) Order,
- Article
- No. 140 of 1943 Emergency Powers (No. 272) Order,
- The whole Order. No. 278 of 1944 Emergency Powers (No. 343) Order,
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