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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 25

Sign to be displayed on premises, etc., where horse-flesh is sold for human consumption.

25.(1) A person shall not sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his
possession for the purpose of sale, any horseflesh for human consumption
elsewhere than in premises or in a stall, vehicle or place other than premises
over or on which there is at all times displayed in a conspicuous position a
notice in legible letters not less than four inches in height stating that
horseflesh is sold there.

(2) A person shall not supply horseflesh for human consumption to a purchaser
who has not asked to be supplied with horseflesh, or who has asked to be
supplied with some compound article of food not ordinarily made of horseflesh.

(3) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of an offence under this Act.

(4) If any horseflesh is exposed for sale elsewhere than in premises or in a
stall, vehicle or place other than premises distinguished as aforesaid without
anything to show that it was not intended for sale for human consumption the
onus of proving that it was not so intended shall rest upon the person
exposing it for sale.

(5) In this section

"horseflesh" means the flesh of horses, asses and mules, and includes any such
flesh whether cooked or uncooked and whether alone, or accompanied by, or
mixed with, any other substance; and

"flesh" includes any part of any such animal.

Power to provide cold stores.

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