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Ongoing Food Safety & Meat Hygiene

Slaughterhouse Inspection & Meat Hygiene

Ante- and post-mortem inspection at FCT abattoirs to keep meat entering the food chain safe.

📍 FCT abattoirs Started 01 Jan 2026

Department meat inspectors carry out ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at FCT abattoirs and slaughter slabs, checking for signs of disease before an animal enters the food chain and condemning carcasses that fail inspection, in line with public health regulations.

9,600+
Animals inspected this year
61
Carcasses condemned
From the field

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