AS SLAUGHTERHOUSE FOR SWINE, SMALL, AND LARGE ANIMALS

Question 1

any building or place used for killing of animals where the flesh is intended for human
consumption

Answer 1

slaughterhouse

Question 2

compartment which is suitable for confining only one animal at a time while it is being
stunned and which is so constructed as to confine, without discomfort, to prevent any
substantial movement of the animal forward, backward or sideway

Answer 2

stunning pen

Question 3

renders an animal insensible before it is killed

Answer 3

stunning

Question 4

insertion of a rod or coiled wire through the hole in the skull of cattle made by the captive
blot to destroy the brain and spinal cord to prevent reflex muscular action and possible injury
to operatives

Answer 4

pithing

Question 5

severance of the major blood vessels in the neck or immediately anterior to the heart by
means of a knife and “stuck” shall be construed accordingly.

Answer 5

sticking

Question 6

remove as much blood from the carcass as possible before further handling

Answer 6

bleeding

Question 7

lowering of animal into steam to prepare skin for dehairing

Answer 7

scalding

Question 8

removal of the hair of the carcass

Answer 8

dehairing

Question 9

suspending the carcass for particular operation

Answer 9

gambrelling

Question 10

cleaning the carcass by burning the hair

Answer 10

singeing

Question 11

process of removing the internal organs in the abdominal and thoracic cavities

Answer 11

evisceration

Question 12

preparation of carcass after evisceration, ready for storage or sale

Answer 12

dressing

Question 13

dividing carcass into parts

Answer 13

splitting

Question 14

all parts including viscera of slaughtered cattle, sheep, goats or swine that may be used for
human consumption

Answer 14

carcass

Question 15

edible part of the muscle of cattle, sheep, goats or swine

Answer 15

meat

Question 16

part of internal organs of a slaughtered animal

Answer 16

offal

Question 17

digestive tract of ruminants such as the stomach, or the intestines which still contain fecal
matter

Answer 17

green offal

Question 18

digestive tract of swine such as the stomach, or the intestines which still contain fecal matter

Answer 18

black offal

Question 19

meat requiring further examination as declared by a veterinary inspector after veterinary
examination

Answer 19

detained meat

Question 20

meat which is unfit for human consumption as declared by a veterinary inspector after
veterinary examination

Answer 20

condemned meat

Question 21

black or green offal

Answer 21

gut and tripe