Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

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

24. Transport of meat
(1) No meat or fresh meat products from an export slaughter house or a public abattoir intended for sale for human consumption shall be conveyed in any vehicle except cold storage trucks of the railway, unless such vehicle has been approved, in writing, by the Director in the case of an export slaughter house, or by the local authority in the case of a public abattoir.
(2) The local authority or the Director, as the case may be, may in its or his discretion refuse to approve any vehicle which is not covered and which has no proper provision for preventing the meat from being exposed to contamination.
(3) If at any time the local authority or Director is of the opinion that any vehicle approved under subregulation (1) is not being maintained in a satisfactory sanitary condition or has otherwise ceased to be suitable for carrying meat, it or he may revoke the approval of the vehicle.
(4) No person, live animal, nor any material or thing shall be conveyed in the body of the vehicle or cold storage truck of the railway at the same time as meat, meat products or meat product containers.
(5) No person engaged in the handling or transport of meat or meat products from or at a public abattoir or export slaughter house shall permit any part of the meat or meat products to come into contact with the ground.
(6) A person engaged in the handling or transport of meat or meat products from or at a public abattoir shall take all precautions which, in the opinion of the local authority, are reasonably necessary to prevent the exposure of meat and meat products to contamination.
(7) A person engaged in the handling or transport of meat or meat products from or at an export slaughter house shall take all precautions which, in the opinion of the Director or person authorized by him, are reasonably necessary to prevent the exposure of meat and meat products to contamination.
(8) Every person who employs a person to carry meat in or about an export slaughterhouse or a public abattoir or to or from a vehicle or railway cold storage truck shall cause such person while so occupied to wear a clean and washable head covering and protective clothing:
Provided that this subregulation shall not apply to the carriage of any meat which is packed in hampers or other impervious cases or is adequately wrapped in fabric.
25. Storage of meat
No person shall keep or store in any stable, byre or other premises in which animals are kept, or in any room or apartment that is used as a living room or a sleeping room or any premises that are not kept in a clean or sanitary condition, any meat or meat products intended for sale for human consumption. 

Reference of the measure

Articles 24 and 25 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Meat and meat products intended for human consumption 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world