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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 17

Disposal of meat or pig products unfit for human consumption.

17.(1) Any meat or pig product inspected by, or under the supervision of, a
veterinary inspector under the provisions of this Act or regulations made
thereunder and found and certified by such inspector to be unfit for human
consumption

(a)shall, in accordance with the directions of the veterinary inspector and on
the premises where it has been inspected, be sterilised or otherwise so
treated by the owner or person in charge thereof as to prevent it being used
for human consumption; or

(b)shall, under and in accordance with the terms of a movement permit granted
by the Ministry, be sent by the owner or person in charge of the premises on
which it is found to such premises as may be indicated in the movement permit
to be there sterilised or otherwise so treated as to prevent it being used for
human consumption; or

(c)if so required by the [district council] for the district within which the
meat or pig product has been inspected, shall be surrendered by the owner or
person in charge of the premises on which it is found to that [district
council] to be sterilised or otherwise so dealt with as to prevent it being
used for human consumption; or

(d)may, if a permit is granted under section four in respect of the meat or
pig product, be sent [out of Northern Ireland] in accordance with the terms
and conditions of that permit.

(2) Where the owner or person in charge as aforesaid fails to comply with the
provisions of sub-section (1), the veterinary inspector may, either on the
premises where it is found or otherwise, cause the meat or pig product to be
sterilised or otherwise so treated as to prevent it being used for human
consumption and any expenses incurred by the inspector in so doing may be
recovered by the Ministry as a civil debt due to the Crown from such owner or
person in charge.

(3) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

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