Food Safety

Westmeath County Council has a Veterinary Officer.

Veterinary functions include:

• The inspection and supervision of domestic abattoirs and stand alone premises.
• Management of the Council’s dog/horse control responsibilities 
• Delivery of advice to the Planning and Environment functions of the Council
• Representation at the Midland Zoonosis Committee.  This committee consists of all the various multi-disciplinary public health professionals involved in Food Safety and aim to control and prevent zoonotic diseases i.e. disease communicable from animals to humans. For further information see  http://www.hse.ie
• For futher information on Food Safety in Ireland visit http://www.fsai.ie

Dowload it:

• Food Waste Regulations 2009
• On farm slaughter of poultry 2011 

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