Volume 9: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Part 3: Northern Ireland
12. Setting the scene
The slaughtering industry

12.14 By the end of the 1980s, almost all cattle being slaughtered in Northern Ireland were being killed in export-approved slaughterhouses, which were approved and licensed by DANI. ¹ DANI's Veterinary Service was responsible for all meat inspection in these plants and provided a full-time Veterinary Officer together with a team of trained Meat Inspectors in each slaughterhouse (see paragraphs 14.13-14.15). In addition, Divisional Veterinary Officers made regular visits to the slaughterhouses to check that they were complying with their licensing conditions. ² The small number of plants processing meat for the domestic market only were also approved and licensed by DANI, but enforcement of meat hygiene Regulations was the responsibility of Environmental Health Officers from the local District Councils. ³