Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P61: Inspection requirement 

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

10. Rules for meat inspection
(1) Every meat inspector and every detention officer shall, when inspecting the carcass, organs and viscera of cattle or pigs intended for human consumption, comply with the provisions of Parts I, II and III of the instructions set out in the First Schedule, and every person engaged in the work of handling cattle or pigs in a public abattoir or export slaughter house or of dressing the carcasses, organs or viscera of such animals shall comply with the provisions of Part I "A" and "B" of the said instructions so far as the same are applicable to such person or to such work, and every meat inspector and detention officer shall, in determining the action to be taken in the event of any evidence of disease being found in a carcass or in the organs or viscera, comply with the provisions of Parts IV and V of the said instructions.
16. Inspection of export slaughter house and public abattoir
(1) A medical officer or a health inspector may visit all portions of export slaughter houses and cold stores and public abattoirs at any time to ensure that the premises are maintained in a sanitary condition.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation "premises" includes the employees' dining, dressing and lavatory and privy accommodation.
17. Powers of veterinary officers
Any veterinary officer shall at all reasonable times be entitled to enter and inspect any public abattoir or export slaughter house or cold store and to examine any carcass, organs or viscera or meat food products therein. 

Reference of the measure

Articles 10(1), 16 and 17 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Bovine and swine meat meant for human consumption 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world