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IMQAS MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN

CHAIRMAN'S PEN SEPTEMBER 2015 Dear colleagues

By the time you read this, Spring

will be with us; according to the

calendar, anyway. I hope it invig-

orates you with fresh energy, en-

thusiasm and puts a spring in

your step (excuse the pun).

It is my pleasure to welcome

more abattoirs to the IMQAS fam-

ily: Klipscheur (Phutaditjhaba),

F i c k s b u r g , W e l t e v r e d e

(Bethlehem), Albertinia, Theunis-

sen, Ventersburg and Burgers-

dorp. May we have a long and

mutually beneficial relationship!

On 15 July 2015 the Department

of Agriculture, Forestry and Fish-

eries delivered, to the Red Meat

Industry Forum and the High

court in Pretoria, their submission

to provide Independent Meat In-

spection Service to all abattoirs

uniformly across all provinces in

respect of all slaughter animals.

The submission contained 2 doc-

uments: The Meat Inspection Im-

plementation Plan and The Meat

Inspection Scheme. Here is a

short summary. The documents

are available on the web site of

the RMIF: www.redmeatsa.co.za.

The Implementation plan sets out the

following phases.

1.The authorisation of meat inspec-

tion personnel – 2015.

2.The assignment of meat inspection

service providers – 2016.

3.The capacitation and implementa-

tion of a government meat inspection

service – 2017. This phase may not

be implemented if the desired out-

comes are reached in phases

1 and 2.

The Meat Inspection Scheme sets out

the following:

1. Definitions.

2. Name, objectives, scope and dura-

tion of the scheme.

3. Legislative mandate.

4. Assignment, termination and sus-

pension of meat inspection service

providers.

This section describes the criteria,

attributes, organisation and manage-

ment, personnel, facilities and equip-

ment, inspection methods and proce-

dures, handling inspection items and

samples, records, complaints and

appeals, lines of communication, re-

porting and the assignment process

of meat inspection service providers.

5. Responsibilities of meat inspection

assignees, abattoir owners,

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provincial and national executive

officers.

The assignee must provide meat

inspection personnel, veterinarians

for secondary meat inspection, en-

sure proper registration of personnel,

monitor the personnel, provide pre-

scribed induction and continuous

training and liaise with the PEO.

6. Relationship between meat in-

spection assignees and the PEO

7. Scope of meat inspection.

8. Roles and training of meat inspec-

tion personnel. The abattoirs have

been grouped as follows: Red meat

and farmed ostriches; poultry and

rabbit; game meat and wild ostrich-

es; crocodile.

9. Meat inspection forum. The as-

signees will have one representative.

Change is an unavoidable and intrin-

sic part of life. We will keep you

properly informed as the process

unfolds.

May you have a Blessed month of

September!

GH Oberholzer

318 The Hillside, Lynnwood, Pretoria, 0081

Tel:012 348 5115/6 Fax: 012 348 5117

Email: info@imqas.co.za

Website: www.imqas.co.za

http://www.redmeatsa.co.za

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318 The Hillside, Lynnwood, Pretoria, 0081

Tel:012 348 5115/6 Fax: 012 348 5117

Email: info@imqas.co.za

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318 The Hillside, Lynnwood, Pretoria, 0081

Tel:012 348 5115/6 Fax: 012 348 5117

Email: info@imqas.co.za

Website: www.imqas.co.za

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318 The Hillside, Lynnwood, Pretoria, 0081

Tel:012 348 5115/6 Fax: 012 348 5117

Email: info@imqas.co.za

Website: www.imqas.co.za

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14 MR N CEYWAYO PEACE ABATTOIR E.C.

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