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Abattoirs and processing facilities must be registered to legally sell or export meat in Namibia. The Meat Board can suspend a facility's registration if criminal proceedings related to violations of international agreements on livestock and meat standards are initiated against the operator.

Prohibition on operation of abattoirs and/or processing facilities without registration and rating 2. (1) Government Notice No.91 of 18 April 2006 issued in terms of section 10(1)(n) and (t), respectively, of the Act provides that - 3 COND – ABATTOIR – REVISION 01 – AUG 2018 (a) operators must be registered as producers in terms of section 10(1)(1) of the Act in order to lawfully sell in Namibia or export from Namibia meat derived from livestock slaughtered at abattoirs;

Suspension or cancellation of registration in terms of section 10 (1) of the Act 4. 

(1) The Meat Board may suspend the producer registration of the operator of an abattoir or processing facility for the duration of any criminal proceedings instituted against him or her in a court of law that relates to an alleged contravention of the owner of that abattoir or processing facility in a court of law that relates to an alleged contravention of –

(i) any international agreement binding upon Namibia that contains measures on the importation or exportation of livestock, meat or meat products, including measures relating to the maintenance of proper standards of animal welfare in respect of livestock, the handling and slaughtering of livestock or the manufacturing, handling and storage of meat and meat products derived from livestock upon approval of the contravention by the appropriate authorities;