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

15. Routine inspections

Purchase

1)	The national executive officer may during working hours enter any abattoir in order to-

a)	inspect any activity or process carried out at the abattoir;

b)	require the owner to produce any record, book or other document relating to the abattoir for inspection or for the purpose of obtaining copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and

c)	examine, sample and test any animal, meat or animal product.

2)	The national executive officer or his or her delegate or assignee, as the case may be, must show proof of his or her identity and authority when requested to do so by the owner of the abattoir in question.