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139N PDFTitle:PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) (CHEMICAL RESIDUES) REGULATIONGazette Number:L.N. 274 of 2001
Section:16Heading:Records to be keptVersion Date:31/12/2001

(1) A food animal trader who owns, keeps or sells food animals in a slaughterhouse before their slaughtering shall make a record of the following particulars relating to all transactions whereby such food animals are purchased or sold by him after the food animals are admitted to the slaughterhouse-

        (a) the date and quantity of each transaction;
        (b) the names and addresses of the sellers or purchasers; and
        (c) the identification details required of each food animal, where applicable, under section 7(1).
(2) A food animal trader who transports food animals to a slaughterhouse shall make a record of the following particulars relating to the food animals carried by him-
        (a) the number of food animals involved in each carriage;
        (b) the name and address of the food animal trader or food animal farmer who employs his service, if applicable; and
        (c) the identification details required of each food animal, where applicable, under section 7(1).
(3) Records required to be made under this section shall be kept for a minimum period of 7 days.
(4) A food animal trader shall produce the records required to be kept under this section to the senior veterinary officer or any inspector for inspection when required.
(5) A food animal trader commits an offence if he, in purported compliance with the requirement under subsection (4), provides any information that is incorrect, false or misleading in a material particular and he knows it to be incorrect, false or misleading in a material particular.