Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

Subject to the provisions relating to slaughterhouses and meat inspection and transfer set out in the Guide to Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection and Transfer issued by the Ministry, the Ministry shall supervise and regulate slaughterhouses as follows: 1. Slaughterhouses shall be supervised and their data updated by removing slaughtered animals from the database, pursuant to the rules prepared by the Ministry and the requirements and standards related to animal health; 2. Animal resources shall not be slaughtered outside licensed slaughterhouses except in emergency cases, and in accordance with the controls specified by the technical regulations for meat inspection issued by the Ministry; 3. The Ministry may specify particular slaughterhouses for one type of animal resources or more, in line with the public interest. 4. Slaughter shall be carried out as per Islamic rules; slaughterhouse workers shall be fully aware of the requirements and methods of slaughter pursuant to Sharia, including animal welfare, as provided for in these Regulations. 5. A slaughterer shall hold a professional certificate authorizing him to work in animal slaughter, as well as a valid health certificate establishing that he is disease-free. 6. The conditions and controls issued by the Ministry for establishing and operating private slaughterhouses shall be enforced. 7. The Ministry shall be informed of any suspected epidemic or communicable disease inside a slaughterhouse. 8. The necessary measures shall be taken to ensure that pathogens are not transmitted 62| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law to slaughterhouse workers or to meat. 9. Slaughterhouse waste, especially killings and meat unfit for human consumption, shall be discarded in proper healthy and scientific ways.