VIII. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Junz, 1900. 
Notice of slaughtering. 
23. The owner of every slaughter-house shall give to the inspector such notice of 
his intention to slaughter stock as will enable the inspector to inspect such stock. 
Tampering with meat. 
24. Until stock slaughtered have been inspected by the inspector the pleure are 
not to be stripped or otherwise interfered with, and no part of the carcass is to be cut 
away, manipulated, or interfered with in any manner which may prevent the discovery 
of disease or may alter the true condition of the meat. 
The inspector may condemn any stock or meat which in his opinion has been dealt 
with in contravention of the provisions of this Regulation. 
Branding meat. 
25. When the inspector has inspected any meat and approved of the same, he 
shall brand each separate quarter of beef and each carcass or quarter of mutton with a 
mark or stamp. 
Any person who wilfully removes or obliterates any such mark or stamp, or who, 
not being an inspector, affixes or causes to be affixed to any meat any such mark or 
stamp, is guilty of an offence against these Regulations. 
Calves. 
26. Calves less than four weeks old are not to be slaughtered for meat. 
Condemned meat. 
27. Condemned meat at a slaughter-house shall be rendered unfit for the food of | 
man in the mode directed by the inspector. 
Removal of hides, &e. 
28. Offal and the hides, skins, heads, and feet of stock slaughtered at a slaughter- 
house shall only be removed from the premises in the manner and at the times directed 
by the inspector. 
The contents of paunches and of intestines shall be deposited in the place appointed 
by the inspector for the purpose. 
Carriage of meat. é 
29. Meat shall be carried from the slaughter-house to the butcher’s shop in 
vehicles approved by the inspector. 
Every such vehicle shall be provided with a proper roof, and shall be so con- 
structed as to permit of a free current of air. 
Meat shall be carried in such vehicle either suspended from the roof or sides 
thereof, or so arranged that a free current of air may circulate between the carcasses | 
or portions of carcasses being carried. 
Blowing meat, &e. 
30. No person shall blow with his breath or otherwise into any meat, or eject any | 
salt, liquid matter, or other substance from his mouth thereon. : | 
No person shall treat, dress, or prepare any meat by means of any Prosar toa 
or other substance which, in the opinion of the inspector, injures, or is likely to injure, 
such meat or to render it unfit for the food of man. 
Offences. 
31. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations 18 
guilty of an offence, and is liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. ' 
When a licensee of a slaughter-house, having been convicted of an offence against 
“The Slaughtering Act of 1898” or these Regulations, is on a second or subsequent 
occasion convicted of an offence against such Act or Regulations, the Court, by oF 
before whom he is so convicted as last aforesaid, may, in addition to the unishment 
for such offence, order the license of the slaughter-house to be suspended for suc 
time as the Court thinks fit, or to be absolutely cancelled, and such license shall be 5° 
suspended or cancelled accordingly. 
