S. No.

Compliance Requirement

Responsible Person/Department

Records / Evidence

1

Ensure all animals are adequately rested before slaughter.

Slaughterhouse / Animal Handling Team

Animal resting records

2

Conduct ante-mortem examination and inspection sufficiently in advance of slaughter.

Qualified Veterinary Doctor (QVD)

Ante-mortem inspection register

3

Do not remove any animal received for slaughter from the slaughter hall without written consent of the QVD.

Slaughterhouse Management / QVD

Written permission, where applicable

4

Identify animals found unfit for slaughter as “Suspect” and segregate them from other animals.

QVD

Suspect animal register / identification records

5

Ensure “Suspect” marking is made only by, or under the personal supervision of, the QVD.

QVD

Inspection and identification records

6

Do not remove or obliterate the “Suspect” marking unless authorised by the QVD.

Slaughterhouse Management

Identification/inspection records

7

Animals showing signs of disease that would result in condemnation of the carcass at post-mortem shall be marked “Condemned” and rejected.

QVD

Condemned animal register

8

Maintain the identity of every “Suspect” animal until its carcass and all organs have undergone final inspection by the QVD.

QVD / Slaughterhouse Management

Suspect tracking and post-mortem records

9

Do not permit animals in a febrile condition to be slaughtered.

QVD

Ante-mortem examination records

10

Do not slaughter a “Suspect” animal until all other animals intended for slaughter on that day have been slaughtered.

Slaughterhouse Management / QVD

Slaughter sequence records

11

Mark animals showing symptoms of railroad sickness, parturient paresis, rabies, tetanus or other communicable diseases as “Condemned” and dispose of them as prescribed.

QVD / Slaughterhouse Management

Veterinary inspection and disposal records

12

Mark animals found in a dying condition due to recent disease as “Condemned”.

QVD

Ante-mortem inspection records

13

Remove diseased or suspected animals immediately to a designated special pen for treatment/observation.

Slaughterhouse / Veterinary Team

Special pen records

14

Keep diseased/suspect animals in the special pen for the period considered necessary by the QVD to determine their condition.

QVD

Observation/treatment records

15

Mark all animals declared “Condemned” clearly and ensure they are killed if not already dead.

QVD / Slaughterhouse Management

Condemnation records

16

Ensure condemned carcasses are not taken into the factory for slaughtering or dressing.

Slaughterhouse Management

Disposal records / SOP

17

Ensure condemned carcasses do not enter any factory department used for handling or processing edible products.

Slaughterhouse Management / QA Team

Movement-control records

18

Maintain an effective system for segregation, identification, observation and final disposition of suspect and condemned animals.

Slaughterhouse Management / QVD

SOPs, registers and inspection records