The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1994

Prohibition on the slaughter at a slaughterhouse of a bird or rabbit not intended for sale for human consumption

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall use or cause to be used any slaughterhouse for the slaughter of any bird or rabbit not intended for sale for human consumption.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in respect of the use of a slaughterhouse for the slaughter of a bird or rabbit not intended for sale for human consumption if—

(a)that bird or rabbit is slaughtered in a different room or at a different time from any bird or rabbit intended to be slaughtered for sale for human consumption; and

(b)appropriate steps are taken to prevent the contamination of fresh meat in that slaughterhouse.