Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

Red Meat Regulations, 2004

Part II : Requirements for the Registration of Red Meat Abattoirs [Section 11(1)(A)]

B : Structural requirements

1. Requirements for all abattoirs as well as export approved cutting plants and cold storage units

13. Requirements for toilets and change rooms

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1)Toilets and urinals must be situated in a separate room with separate entrances from the change rooms.

 

2)All toilets must be provided with toilet paper holders and toilet paper, hand wash-.basins, soap dispensers with germicidal liquid soap and hand drying facilities.

 

3)Change rooms and toilets may not have direct access into an area or room where meat is handled.

 

4)Workers must be provided with clothing lockers in which to store private clothes separately from protective clothing, ensuring that private clothes and clean protective work clothes do not make contact.

 

5)Workers must be provided with separate fly proof facilities in which to keep food.