SCHEDULE 7PRE-SLAUGHTER HEALTH INSPECTION
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The official veterinary surgeon shall—
a
prohibit slaughter where he has evidence that the meat from the birds concerned would be unfit for human consumption;
b
postpone slaughter where the withdrawal period for residues has not been respected;
c
ensure, with regard to clinically healthy poultry from a specified group the slaughter of which is obligatory under a programme for the control of infectious disease, that those birds are slaughtered at the end of the current slaughtering period or under conditions such that any contamination of other birds is avoided.