Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s.
Date when the measure came into force: 14 September 1954
Publication where the measure is specified: Meat Inspection and Control of Public Abattoirs and Export Slaughter Houses Regulations
Regulation where the measure is specified: Meat Inspection and Control of Public Abattoirs and Export Slaughter Houses Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 5. No animal to be slaughtered outside public abattoir or export slaughter house
(1) No bovine or swine intended for sale within a township or municipality or for export for human consumption shall be slaughtered in any place other than a public abattoir or export slaughter house, except on account of accident, illness or other emergency of such an exceptional nature as to render that course necessary; and where in any such emergency any bovine or swine is slaughtered in any such place, the person ordering or authorizing the slaughter of that animal shall forthwith give notice to the meat inspector setting forth particulars of-
(a) the time and place at which the slaughter has taken or is to take place;
(b) the animal slaughtered or to be slaughtered;
(c) the reasons for the emergency.
Reference of the measure: Sub-article 5(1)
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 13	Meat products and Fresh or chilled meat	Yes	Bovine and swine meat products meant for human consumption

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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