DISEASES OF ANIMALS (BOILING OF ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS) ORDER OF 1947. Dated MAY 2, 1947.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1947/1175 |
| Year | 1947 |
1947 No. 1175
ANIMALS
3. Precautions against Disease
(1) Boiling of Animal Foodstuffs
THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS (BOILING OF ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS) ORDER OF 1947. DATED MAY 2, 1947.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Article
1. Precautions to be adopted in regard to certain Animal Foodstuffs.
2. Certification as to Boiling of Swill.
3. Exemption of Proprietary Foodstuffs.
4. Saving for Existing Certificates.
5. Revocation of Certificates granted by the Minister.
6. Offences.
7. Interpretation.
8. Local Authority to enforce Order.
9. Revocation.
10. Commencement.
11. Short Title.
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1937, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf, hereby orders as follows:—
Precautions to be adopted in regard to certain Animal Foodstuffs.
1.—(1) Subject as herein provided, every person having in his possession or under his charge—
(a) any meat, bones, offal or other part of the carcase of an animal; or
(b) any part of the carcase of any poultry or
(c) any swill; or
(d) any other broken or waste foodstuffs which have been in contact either with meat, bones, offal or other part of the carcase of an animal or with any part of the carcase of any poultry
shall cause such articles to be boiled before they are fed to animals or poultry, and until they are so boiled, shall keep the articles so that no animal or poultry shall have access thereto.
(2) If any animal or poultry comes into contact with any article mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) hereof, unless and until such article has been boiled, the owner of the animal or poultry and the person in charge thereof shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the provisions of this Order unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Court that he took all reasonable steps to prevent the animal or poultry as the case may be from coming into contact with any such article.
(3) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to swill obtained from premises in respect of which the occupier thereof holds an effective certificate from the Minister or the Local Authority certifying that all swill supplied therefrom is subjected on such premises to a process of boiling within the meaning of this Order.
Certification as to Boiling of Swill.
2.—(1) A Local Authority may, in respect of any premises, except such as are owned or occupied by such Local Authority or by an officer or servant thereof, grant...
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