LEAGUE OF NATIONS - United Nations Treaty Collection

1931 League of Nations - Treaty Series. 123
Article 3.
In order to be allowed to be imported, slaughtered animals, fresh or frozen meat, fat, lard and all
animal products destined for alimentation must be accompanied by a certificate of origin and
health issued by a State veterinary surgeon attesting that the animals from which they come
have undergone veterinary inspection before and after slaughter and that the meat has been
found to be healthy and suitable for human consumption.
In the case of animal products, the certificate must further attest that they contain no
substances the use of which is forbidden by the regulations of the country of destination.
These certificates shall be drawn up in the form of the model attached to the present
Convention.
The provisions of the present Convention shall not apply to imports of horse-meat.
Fresh or frozen meat shall bear a stamp affixed by a State veterinary surgeon guaranteeing
that the meat has been found to be good and unconditionally suitable for human consumption.
In the case of pork, the stamp shall indicate that an examination under the trichinoscope
has been carried out with a negative result.
Article 4.
In order to be allowed to be imported, raw materials and products of animal origin must be
accompanied by a certificate of origin and health (in the form of the attached model) issued by
a State veterinary surgeon, attesting that they are derived from home-bred animals free from
contagious disease. The certificate shall also state that the materials referred to therein may be
exported without danger of transmitting contagious diseases.
Such a certificate is not demanded in the case of the following raw materials and products
of animal origin: wool impregnated with lime or washed according to industrial processes and packed
in closed sacks ; wool waste and wool from tanneries packed in the same way ; gullets, guts,
stomachs and bladders, dried or salted, suitably packed or placed in closed cases or barrels ;
skins of wild animals, Karakul lambs and rabbits ; leather parings treated with lime ; hogs'
bristles and animals hair completely dried, boiled or limed (tails, manes, etc.) ; horns, hoofs, nails
and bones without fat or boiled or dried and without soft parts ; cloth waste for industrial
purposes.
Article 5.
Any consignments which do not comply with the above provisions, as well as any animals
which the State veterinary surgeon finds at the time of his examination to be suffering, infected,
or suspected of suffering from a notifiable contagious disease may be sent back.
. The frontier veterinary surgeon shall note the grounds of refusal on the certificate and shall
sign his statement. He shall also without delay and through the most direct channel notify the
frontier administrative authorities and the frontier veterinary surgeon of the exporting country.
If importation takes place through a third State and the latter does not agree to the consignment
being sent back, the animals shall be compulsorily admitted but shall be slaughtered on
the spot or in a slaughter-house designed for the purpose at the expense of the person concerned
or subjected to suitable sanitary measures. In the latter case, the owner shall be authorised to
slaughter all or some of the animals. The utilisation of the meat or of the raw materials derived
from the slaughtered animals shall be governed by the regulations of the importing country
applicable to animals of the country itself.
In any case, a record of the facts ascertained and of the mesures taken shall be drawn up
by a State veterinary surgeon and forwarded by him to the central veterinary authority of his
country, which shall inform the country of origin direct. Except in cases where the animals are
sent back, the certificate accompanying them shall be attached to this document.
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