Hong Kong Regulations

SLAUGHTERHOUSES REGULATION - SECT 30

Collection, storage and removal

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A licensee shall-

   (a)  upon the completion of the slaughtering of any food animal or the
        dressing of any carcass in the licensed slaughterhouse cause all waste
        to be collected and deposited in impervious covered containers;

   (b)  cause each container to be thoroughly cleaned immediately after it has
        been used for collection, removal and disposal; and

   (c)  cause each container when not in actual use to be kept clean.

(2) A licensee shall keep or cause to be kept all carcasses and
condemned meat and offal waiting for disposal under refrigeration.

(3) A licensee shall cause all waste mentioned in section 29 to be removed
from the licensed slaughterhouse as soon as possible but in any case not
exceeding 24 hours after generation. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (Enacted 1991)