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

Red Meat Regulations, 2004

Purchase

1)	An animal must be bled within 60 seconds after stunning -

a)	in a hanging position; or

b)	in a horizontal position, provided that the animal is brought into the hanging position immediately after the bleeding incision is made.

2)	An animal must be bled by severing the jugular veins and carotid arteries on both sides of the neck using a sharp knife or, in the case of pigs and cattle, by sticking and severing the anterior vena cava or aorta at the base of the heart.

3)	A separate clean and sterilised knife must be used to bleed each animal.