REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AM) RURAL AFFALRS

General Directorate of Protection and Control

THE REGULATION ON CREATION AND OPERATION

OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMBLNES

(12 December 1982 No: 17896)

CHAPTER ONE

General Provisions

PART ONE

Puy ose, Scope, Legal Basis, Applicable

Laws and Defiuitious

Purpose:

Article l- The purpose ofthis Regulation i s to deme the rules for founclhg and

operahlg Meat Combines to be established in accordance with the Law No. 2678.

Scope:

Article 2-This- Regulation covers the procedures for submitting applicatio~ls a d

issuing of licenses for meat combiies to be established within or outside tile boundaries of

municipalities; and minimum tedmical, avlronmental and generd hygiene requjrerr~ei~ts

which such combines should f a l ; and health control and inspection services to be carried

out there ill.

Legal Basis:

Article 3-This Regulation has been drafted oa the basis of Article I of the Law M o

2678 on "incorporatiag a sub paragraph to paragraph 5 of Article L5 of a e Municip~tlities

Law No .l580 ".

Article 4- The following laws aud redations have beeu taken into account in defining rules governing execution of services specified in Article 2 bereof :

Revised Articles 15 a ~ d I9 of the M\lrlicipalities Law No. 1580; paragraph D of

Article 10 with number 3017, 191, 268, 275 of he General Hygieue Law No 1593 ;

Articles 9, 19, 20 of the Law No. 3203 on Duties and OrgmizatiouaI Structure of the

Ministry of Agriculture; 1,2,4, and 18 uf Qe Law No. 6343 un pa1uCurrnaxlue UC V ~ e r i u i q

setvices and organizational structure and responsibilities of the Uniou and Chambers of

Vete~ariaus; Articles 137-141. 144-162. 166-182 of the " Regdation on Slaughterhouse

Construction", and the "Regulation on Syecsc Ch~racteristics of Foodstuff and Goods

ads Materials Relahig to Public Hygieue", Articles 45 9-503 af the Regulation on Animal

Health Police; the Regulation on Iuspectiou of Meats; the ReguIatio~i No. 208 011

Establishments not Co~lformhg to Hygiene Requirements; and tZle regt~lations on

" Shughteriug lu~d Flay hg' ' aud "Salting Cunservatiw, P a ~ k i ~ t g and Trausportation of

Raw Skins Produoed in Slaughterhouses".

Definitions:

ArticIe 5- As used above aud throughout this Regulation, thc following terms dafl hava the meanings hereinafter deked:

1)"Combine" shall mean wwurk places where live s%vck are daughteied ~ I I

coaformity with teclmologi~ requkements; and viscera and other associated products

thereof are properly cleaned and processed m accordance with established procedures; sad

meats are co~~served after beblg cooled and/or frozen; arld cut into pieces, processed,

packaged aud whi& have obtained certd3cates from competent autliorities.

I1)"StarnpW shall mean a stamp made in accordance with rules defined iu Article

490 of the Regulation on Animal: Health Police acceptable to inspection. ~utlkorities.

Il1)"Carcass" shall mean the bady of a slaughtered anrrnal rHer lettuig tts blood

drain out aud severhg its head and feet.

1V)"Live stock" Aali mean cattle, water buffalo, c a r d sheep, gnat and pig

A)"Cattle" shall meall onttle, water b&olo, onmcl,

B)"Small animal" shall mean sheep and goat,

V)"Inspection Official" shall mean a govement official appointed by the

Govement to perform health iaspection including meat iuspection.

VU)' 'Responsible Technical Manager" sliall mean a veterinary ag pahted iu

a~cordauce with the Law No. 6343 and with the consalt of the regiollal chirmber of

veterinarians helsbe has registered with who i s responsible for maintain'mg the

establishent h conformity with geucral hygiefic col~ditjous aud fol p~oductiou and

conservatioii of meat and meat products $1 accordance with applicable laws mid

regulations as well as health inspections of the personnel thereof

Vl)"hspection Veterinary" shall mean a veterinary responsible for carrying out

inspectiolls before A I I ~ after slalrghtering of animals ar~d who is appoit~ted it1 accorda~lce

with the Law 6343 and with the cousent of the regional chamber of veterinarians which

heisbe has regkte~ed witb.

CHAPTER TWO

Application and License Procedures

PART ONE

AppUca tiun:

Article 6-Natural persolls and corporate bodies and goverument institutions

wmthg to set up a combine shall submit a written application the Miuistty of Trade

The applkation shall dehe:

11th location of the combine,

U)capacity thereof,

1li)the purpose ot estabkshmeat (export, Iacal cousumpcloa, producriou), aud

1V)an incentive certificate and a feasibility rq~srt, if any shall be attached thereto.

Article 7- mre Mniatry of Trade shall, within one month from the dnie of

application, decide whether or not to issue a temporary license alter obtaiuing

recommendatious of a committee consisting of representatives of the hierior, Public

Health, Agricultural and Forestry M e s and the State Plalltling Organization. Where

the decision is afFumative the Mirristry of Trade shall lequire the applicant to submit 8

copis of files including informatiou and documents speczed ixl Article 8.

License for constructing m establisi~~nent:

Axtklr: 8-8 uupict, uT &c Culluwiul; iuiirtruatiou aad docu~ucnts shall bt subwdtccl

to the highest government authority of the place where tile combhe is to be set up.

The said authority shd, then, send three co11ies thereof to the lkhkt~y of Public Health

and Social Welfare Ministry, threc copies to the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry and two

copies to the Ministry of Interior which, h turn, shall exa~nble and approve those eligible

md the Dubtic Health and Social Welfare ministries each sl~all send two copies and the

Miuistry of Interior shall send one copy tl~ereof to the Ministry of Trade. The Ministry of

Trade shall ildupt a h a 1 de~iuiun wiLh I-egwd lo appfi~atious h question.

The ministries concerned sbaU evaluate aud take a decision ojr any application for

establishing a combiue within three months.

The TMhistly of Trade shall send one copy of an approved file to the Provincial

Public Health and Veterinary Affairs Directorates and the local adtnhistrations ofice

through the appropriate governorate.

The license shall be valid for 2 years. Were the facility is not completed within h e

said period an extension of time For completion may be ~5rileld ~nbiag iutv a~;\jo~mt the

events. However, my extension &all uot exceed 2 years.

Documents Required fur Construction

Article 9 - The fdowhg information and documentation diall be prepared in 8

files.

I) A copy of the temporary liceuse attached to a written application ( addressed to

the highest: administrative authority of the region),

11) A written statement (Exhibit l),

UI) A cerliliFala deiirliug the place of cvustrucdo~l (issued by tlla ProvhciaI

Development Directorate or the Municipality),

IVI A written rln~roval issued by tlie eoven~or's office establislluig that the

location of the facility does not pose any ttueat to public health and e~lvii.onment based on

a joint report originated by tlie Provincial Healill and Social WeIf~re Directorate and the Veterinary Directorate,

V) A 11500 - 111000 scaled plan covering the place of the Facility and periphery

thereof showhlg tecbuological facilities, social facililics, tletitmmli ficititbs, yalki118 lul,

etc. as well as boundaries of ally area under protectio~~ and approved by the Provincial

Development Directorate or the Municipality concerned.

VI) Project: Any project drawn up for construction of a oombbie shall iudude the

following provisions.

The place designated for construction of a combine sbaU be in ooufonnity with

y rovisio~ls of the Slaughterlkouse Construction Regulation and the Regulation on

Establishments not in Conformity with Hygiene Requirements taking into accouul whether

it includes a discharge and deodorizing plant iu parallel with technological progress.

Outdoor andlnr covered cmttle maintaining and inspection places shaa be large

enough to accommodate cattle twice the quantity to be slaughtered and there shall be a

space of 3 square metros for each cattle and 0.7 square metros for smaU animals and flool-s

thereof shall be covered with stone or wood or sltalf be stabilized with adequate drainage

and water suppIy. An adequate number of hspection paddocks and bsrxiers wlidl enable a

close inspeclion of mmals and squeezuig gates &all be desig~ed to ovoid a congestion of

different type of animals.

IsoIation section: A separate section with a 1ur;king syar;m shall bv built f o ~

accollztnodatio~l of sick or potentially sick animals. The drahage system co~tnected to

paddocks i t i this seclion shall have no connections with opal draiuage systems exte~~diug to

other outdoor and covered annexes.

There shall be slaughtering and fraying haUs to ensure slaughtering to be peifomerl

in accordance with hygieae rules. 'Il~e drainage system comected to tbe paddocks iu this

section shd have no connectb~s with the open draiuage systems exte~~ding to other

outdoor and covered annexes.

There shall be shughteriug and fiayhg ba& to ensure slaughtering to be performed

iu nccordence wilh hygiene nlIe~ Thpr* ~ 1 1 ~ 1 1 he c q n v r n t ~ ~Innght~ri~~g linlts fnr cattle, wnrll

anl'mals and sick animals.

A sectiou for hspection after slaughtering,

A section for meat cuttmg and preparation,

(Botle separation, cutting and initial. packaging 41aU be carried out in rooms

equigped with a temperature coUtr01 system which are physica~ly separated from other

sections and the h a 1 packaging hall. Wiem ttle supervising oEcial considers that suEcietlt

measures to prevent spilling of the prodltct are in place d ~ e final packaging m a y he

performed at the place Where tbe meat is separated f?om bones, cut into pieces and initially

packaged. )

Cold- stores desigued to emure and eRectiva cooling and storhg of meat slraU hove

a space of 1 square meters fox maximum 200 kg of cattle meat and 100 kg of smdl mina1

meat and meats shall be stored without pbyslcal contact wrth, each other.

Gut dressing place,

A phoc speciully equipped for manure collection and approp&e eq~~ipmetlt for

disposal thereof.

A place for putting I~eads and legs,

A place for putting affd's (cold-store)

Separate rooms for storing skim, horns, toes and iuedible auimal fat where the

same is not removed daily from the combine.

A ro~ldcrjug facility (a rottdering facility shal uot be rcquired prvvided it is

e-blished that auxiliary products used for rendering will be removed daily from the

slau&terhouse).

A room for the veterinary and a diagtlosis laborato~y (which shall be equipped with

tools and materials defined in the list atta~hed hereto).

A separate cold-room with a lockitlg system to store meat sttspected to be infected

by a disease.

Slaughtering halls and cold-stores and aullexes equipped with an overhead mono-

rail h e for transportatjou a meat desigued in a mama to prevent any physical contact,

Slaughtering halls equi~yed with equipped enabling fraying of suspended carcasses

(there shall be uo flayhg performed on the floor. Ttte combitle ar~d facilities thereof shall

be equipped with a xnono-line desimed to emure traasyortatiw of meat without any

physical contact. Sick animals and those suspected to have been infected with a disease

shall be slaughtered and flayed on a special cradle at special daughteriug places).

AU doors shall have p u ~ adequate width and those at sectiorls where edible stuff h

beirlg processed shall automatically open aud close or operate in both directions.

An wctinns owd for daltghieri~lg, flaying, hnr~e q~rratioti, packing and other meat

processing operations shall be equipped with adequate hand washing facilities easily

accessible by the personnel h1kg operations and a sewerage network comected to the

drainage system. Taps installed at bands washing facilities shall not be of manually

operated types.

Admrmstrahve and social facilities (offices, diming hails, bathrooms, toilers, dressing

and udresshg rooms, outdoors and indoors recreational yplaces, an adequate infirnary

which conform to Article 180 of the Gmeral EIygieae Law.

Treatment facilities sbaU be designed in accordance with generally accepted rules

and shown on the overall lay-m% and detail. designs.

Ceilings of slaughtering places shall be at least 6 meters high.

All writs of the combine shall be equipped with adequate ventilation and lighting

systems.

Designs of sanitary installations shall be drawl up ill accordance with principles

d~fiaod in I. S . 1258.

D e s i ~ s for potable alld co~lsum1)tiou water supplies, au explauatio11 xepol-t,

bacterjolo~af and chemical analysis reports; wmbines be h h b e d +m an adequae

alnount of water which shall be n ~ u h u m 1,000 for each cattle and tnilknm 250 {t, for

each small animal dsuglitered. Techuical equipment shall be igstaqed in order to ,,roGde

w ~ ~ ~ l w i h aJ=qwte ~ u ~ l p l ~ s s i ~ l l if &G psessure vf t h ~ watm bsufiFitnt. Cblorhlatii18 proportionate with d d y water consumption $hall be performed.

A water consumption certificate shaU be obtaiued fiorn the appl.opriate

mmicipality and the State Hydraulic Works Admh&ration (BSI).

Design of the waste water treatment units Shall be prepared h accordmce wiil~

gel~erdy accepted te~hnical drawing principles md they shaU include discharges,

Waste water shaa be djscliarged to local sewerage uehvork, if any, after

undergoing a treatment process.

If there is no local sewwage network waste water shaU be discharged in a prayer

way.

As for humaa waste, septic tanks shall be formed L accorda~~oe widl giovkio~~s o f

the Regulatiou No 25 1 on Septic Tanks to be Constructed in Places Where Sewerage is

uot Feasible. Metbods used for discharging watel. after Ute septic tank shall be iudicatd

and designs aud drawings shall be drawn up where leakage pits or leakage trenches are

required to be constmcted.

Designs shall be d r a m up for oona~mption water (bathroom, washstand, kitchen)

a d atom water collecti~n~ dkpossl snd leakage.

Big wab of pkceg for slaughtering and processing, slaughtehg of animals

suspected to have been idected by a diease, laboratories, toilets, viscera and cieanhg shall

be covered by light coloured stoueware or similar water-proof material up to at least 3

maers and &efsections thereof with each other and the floor shall be QQncave.

~~t water shall available at daughMmg and p r o ~ l g P ~ ~ G G S nu other

sections where cleaning is pedomed.

ne f a c * ~ bs cpuipyad with a special venfiiation system.

A seoh suj fa~a far washing and disiafe&g of feat and oEa1 ~ * s ~ o d ~ ~ i o ~

vehicks S a l l be built.

Precauttotls shaU be taken at renderlog tacr MIGS to prevent atmospheric mud

environental pollution and relating desigls and explanatory reports shall be draw up.

A construction report (Exbibit 2) shall be drawl up.

PART TWO

Dacuftzats Required for Startiug Operatiolls

Article 10 - h order to obtaiu a permit, to start operations the following

documentation shall be delivered to Public Health and Social Welfare, Trade u1d

Agiicu1tu~e and Forestry Ministries.

I) A repart fox starting operatiom (from the Provincial Public Hedtl~ and

Social WeKarars Directorates) (fixbibit 3)

11) A oertifi~ate for fire and explosions (from the local &brigade)

111) Operating Cemficate (eom the Regional Labor Diretorate)

1V) Fodder production liceuse (fiorn the Mitlistry of Agriclllture aud Forestry for those only have a renderhg facility)

V) A veterinary contract for meat inspection certified by a notary public

(it shall indicate that Laws No 3203, 6343 and 1234 as well 8s a11 regulations and

iustructiolls will be strictly observed and duties aad responsibilities of the techni~al

manager shall be dehed according to Exhibit 4).

Vl) A witten urldertaking to csmploy an adeqi~ate number of veterinariaus

in a~cardance with the regulation about slaughteriug atld flaying taking into account the

combiue's capacity.

V11) A contract on health services certified by a notary public.

Article 11 - Docurneatation defined by Article 10 shall be examined by the

?vIhistry of Trade and by the committee defiled in the Law No. 2678 and the Ministry of

Trade, after carrying out site inspectiwis where deemed necessary, shall seild to

appropriate governorate a certificate to start operations for any cornhifie foutd eligible,

PART THREE

Provisions Relating to General Wealth md Services

Health Services for Personnel

Article 12 - I) Medical ifispectious and check-ups of pexsonuel respoilsible for

meat processiug, hspection.wl&,b have physical coiltact with meat k aombjlres aud

assodated facilities aud other people ~onctxued aud p~eparatiofis of medical ~rtrds sliall br;

performed iu accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

II) Personnel involved h meat processinn shall put on a special a d dam dress. They S a l l put ou a cap or a head-covering and overalls or apron\ boot or a

special. shoe.

111) Sound, dean eud gloves wluch can be washed &all be used where

required during meat processiug.

Equlpmmt a ~ d Materials to be Used iu a Cumbiurs.

Article 13 - I) All equil~ment and materials used for meat processing h a combhe

or associated facilities shaU have a flat, impermeable surface aod resist corrosion. ?'hey

&an be made of non-toxic, smooth materials without any fiacture which do not trnnsmit

odour and taste and which can endure repeated cleanhg aud disaffectioa.

U) Equipment and materials used far non-edible stuff ta be destroyed shaN

not be used for edible products.

111) Cwtthg and flaying equipment and tools &ill ody be used for this

purpose and sbd not be used for cuttine, meat inin piecaq, separating meat from bone and

other process.

1V) NI equipment and materials includiug hives , chopping ktlives, saws,

meat processing machines and metal containers shall frequently be cleaued during worfi~g

horn and promptly and thorougldy cleaned and disiuf~cted when they have touclled

infected materials.

V) During operatious detergents and disinfecting materials &a11 be

prcvcntcd h m spilling ovcr meat.

Tools and materials operated by using such materials shall be wad~ed with

fiesh drinlring water and rinsed before each utilization.

VI) Cleaning materials or paiut which may contaminate meat shall not be

used at sections where h e stock is slaughtered, flayed and meat is processed and stored.

Fi&t Against H a r m f d Insects and Rodent and Alike

Article 14 - Areas within the poniphciy of the ~olnbitle and fa&tics s l~a l l bc

continuously mouitored irrespective of whether insects, birds, rodent and other hamm

mh& about and measures shall be taken against such creatures.

Coohg and Freezing:

Article 15 - I) Cooling, fieeziug and conservatio~~.rootns shall not be loaded over

prespecified capacities thereof,

U) Temperatures at cooling rooms shall rcgukrly be rueasurcd and

recorded in a book or a thennograph shall be used for this purpose.

NI) Records shall be kept for meat delivered to or from cooliug, fieezitlg

and storing rooms.

Transportation:

Article 16 - Transportation vehicles used for trmsportaiion of live animals shall

not be used for meat transportation.

11) No meat shall be loaded in transpofiatio~l vehicles which have not been

cleaned snd dinnfected, where deemed necamary, prior to loading.

Ill) Tripe not thoroughly cleaned or boiled and heads and parts not flayed

or boiled shall not be transported together with meat.

IV) Carcasses, half or quarter parts sllall be suspended dutii~g

tranqoltation (except frozeu meat).

V) Inner surfaces of meat trausportation vel~icles shall be made of smooth,

flat rust-proof mataial which can be easily cleaned and disinfected and sliall not let

harmfbl creatures h. They shall preserve required tomperatwe dwhg transportntion.

VI) Tiauspu~latiou vdaicles to be used ibr meat tlanspoltation slaaU bo

designed in a manner not allowing any contact between med and floor.

VU) Vehicles equipped ,with a coohg system shall be used for

transportation which last more than two hours.

CHAPTER THREE

Inspection of Live Stock and Meats UI Combines

PART ONE

QuaIifications and Appointment of Vethadans

Authorized for Health Central and bspecrlou

Veterinary Authorized to Perform Itlspection

Article 17 - Veteiharians are authorized to hspect and ca~~tsol live stock in

combines before and after slaughtering thereof.

Qualifications of bspectian Veterinary:

Article 18-Veterinarians to be assigned to combines shaH have quslifications

dafinad h Artiole~ l, 2 and 4 of &Q L a w No 343 and Article 47 n f i.lm R ~ . g ~ ~ l ~ t i n i i nn

Slaughtering and Flaying Works.

Appointment of hpection Veterhay

Article 19-Appointment of veterinatims to cornbirles shall be calried out iil

aacordmce with provisions of tbe Law No 6343.

Article 20-The employer shall enter into a coutract certified by B notaly public

with the 'I 'ech~cal Manager according to Exhibit 4. Contracts to be made with hlspecrion

Veterharims shall provide that the Laws No. 3203, 6343 and 1234 and xegulatio~~s and

instruqtions issued on the basis of these laws shall &Ify ba observed

Article 21- Responsible Technical Managers and Inspection Veterinariaus

employed by combitles shall not work in another place during prespecified working hours

aud a provision to that effect shall be included in contracts thereof:

Article 22-Where any Responsible Techical Manager or Inspection Veteriaarians

deoide to resip they shall give notice to the combine sad instihti~ns whidl has issued

workiug liceuses and tl~ase responsible for checks one moutl~ before the dale of

resignation. The foregoing shaU also be applied where the employer decides to temiate

the coatract made with a responsible Techcal Manager and Inspection Vetainarims.

(The work contract shall iudude provisions wlrich explicitly defium such situations.)

Where a new Responsible Tedlnical Manager or an Illspection Veterrnary JS not

employed and approved within the above -mentioned 1-month period the C O ~ ~ N R ' S

operations shall bc suspended.

PART TWO

Slaughtering and Flaying Works

Transportation of live Stock to Combine:

Article 23 - Live stock shaU be trauspoited to combines in accordarice wit11

provisions of the ReguIation No. 529 ou Inspection of Meats.

Health Control and Inspection Service8 Before Slau&erhg

Article 24 - Pre-siaughterhg inspections of live stock in combines shall be

performed during hours to be designates by the Responsible Tecl~nical Manager and

Inspectiou Veterinary in accordauce with provisions of the Regulation on Inspection of

Meats.

Hygiene Control Services after Slaughtering:

A r t i o 1 ~ 2.5 - inmectioa of live stock dnnahtered in combines &all be performed in

accordance with Article 470 - 48 1 of the Regulation on Auimal Health I'olice and Article

13 - 16 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats.

Stamping of Meat

Article 26 - Meats shall promptly be stamped after mspechm pwsuant to Arhc1es

17 - i 8 of the Regulation 011 Inspection of Meats aud Articles 488 - 492 of the Regulation

on Animal Health Police. A s for meat to be exported requireme~~ts of the i tnporti~~~

country shall be taken into con side ratio^^.

However, combiues shall have Veterinary Health Control Numbers to be

issued by the W t r y of Agriculture and Foreslry for Facility and Inspection veteriaarians

scraped oa stamps they use as shown in Exhibit 8 in Article 490 of the Regulation on

Animal Health Police. A Veterinary Nedth Control Number to be issued to any cotnbiue

shall be oommunicated to foreign countries by the Ministry of Trade.

Meats Subject to Rmtriotions:

Article 27 - Any meat found to be iufected with a disease shall be subject to

Articles 482 - 487 of the Regulation on Animal Health Police and Articles 19 - 21 of the

Regulation on Inspection of Meats according to the level of contamination. Such meats

shalt be disposed of Article 493 and Article 23 of the abovementioned regulations,

respectively.

Carcass tra~isported fiom other places

Article 28 - Caroasses delivered to combines after being slau@itereil at other places

d a U be sllbject to Articles 495 - 500 n f the Regulation on Animal Health Pnlice and

Articles 29 - 3 7 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meats.

PART THREE

Conservation of Meat and Side Products:

Article 29 - Services including delivery of meat obtained fiom live stock

slaughtered in colnbities to cold-stores and obtaining skins without any defect shalt be

perrormed in accordance with the Regulation on Slaughtering and Flaying Works.

Article 30 - Consembon of skim by saltmg, pachg and transportation thereof

shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on Salting,

Conservation, Packing and Transportation of Skins Produces at Combines.

PART FOUR

Diseases Which Must be Reported:

Article 31 - Appropriate authorities shall be informed of my diseases subject to

compulsory rqorting which are detected in live stock before or afler slaughtering a n

accordance with provisions o f Articles 3 - 8 of the Regulation on Inspection of Meat.

PART FIVE

Records and Statistics Required to be Mair~tahed:

Article 32 - Each combine shall keep daily, monthly and annual records and

statistical data h accordance with.Alticfe 500 of the Regulatio11 w Anin~al Health police

and Article 36 of the Reguhtioll on Inspection of Meat. Such statistioal data shall regdarly

be sent to the focal veterinary ofice to which the combme L attached.

PART SIX

On-the-job Training:

Article 33 - Each combine shall ensure its personnel to attend courses or

workshops to be organized by public or private instihltions about issues relating to the

combine's opexatio~ls h1 order to improve professlonsl skrlls and technical knowledge

thereof in parallel with techuological innovations. All costs incurred by personnel in order

to nttcnd suoh activities shall be at the expeslse of the combine concerned.

PART SEVEN

Provisions on Supervision aud Palatties

Supervision:

Article 34 - Represefitatives from central md provincial organizations of the

h5hktxy of Public Health and Social W eZfare and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

shall carry out inspectious at combines at least twice a year.

Any dcficicnoy whiah may bc dctccted as a r-lt of such mspectiom shall be

recorded in the book of inspection and the combine concerned shall be given a certain

paiod to rectify the same.

Penal Clauses

Article 35 - Operations of combines which fad to rectify my deficiency detected

within a period granted for this purpose and hose not conforming to applicable laws and

regulatious shall be suspended in a o ~ o r d a n ~ o with appropriate provisions of tIio Low No.

1593 on General Hygiene aud the Law No. 1234 on Animal Health Police and officiak o f

the combine shall be punjshed.

Furthermore, the Respollsible Technical Manager may be dismissed.

PART EIGHT

Condition of the Existiug Meat and

Meat Products Prodwtion Facilities

Condition of the Eximjng Combines:

Article 36 - Meat and meat products produchon facdlt~es whmh have been

established before eutry into force of the Law No. 2678 shall undertake to adapt

themnelvea to provisions hereof within one year by submittkg n ~ w x i t t e n npplicatiou to the

l v l k s t q of Trade within two months fiom the date of publicatim hereof md mbmit an

application ~equired to obtain an hstallatiou and openiug license at the and of the abova-

mentioned period.

Where such facilities have adequate discharge and deodorizing systems conditions

relating to development status and protection areas defined h the first paragraph of Article

9 / TV - 9 / V1 hereof shall not be required to be fulfilled. Provisions of Article 35 of tlie

Redation shall apply to facilities not conforming to the foregoing.

PART NINE

Effective Date md Execution

Article 37 - This regulation shall come into effect from the date of promulgatioll

thereof itl the Official Gazette.

Execution:

Article 37 - This Regulation shall be executed by the Interior, Public Health and

Social WeIfare and Agriculture md Forestry Mkhies.

List of ths Equipment a u l Materials Required for Combine Diagnosis and

Laboratory.

NAME QUANTITY

1. Diagnostic microscope 1

2. (Bacterial) Incubator 1

3. O v a (small type) 1

4. Staining set 1

5. Graduated pipette (various d) 12

6. Graduated pipette (various d) (i

7. flasks (various ml) 12

8. Balloon flasks (various ml) 12

9. Watch glass 6

10. Glass beakers (vwous ml) 12

l I . Flat soissors 1

12. Curved scissors 1

13. Forceps 4

14. Enamel cuvettes 4

15. Enamel bucket 4

16. Pissette 2

17. Bistoury 2

l a. vanous mves 2

19. Waste basket 2

20. Petri dish 50

2 1. Necessary chemicals and culture media

22. Port tube 2

23. Phcets 2

24. Comparator (chlorinathg control) 1

25. Test tube 250

26. Wire basket

27. Specid wire

212. flwnsen burner

29. Butane gas (wash-bash)

30. Cook (wash basin)

3 1. Spatula (small and large)

32. Water IXdIlation apparaws (small type)

33. pH (paper, various)