PROCLAMATION NO. 117/1998 ANIMAL, ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS MARKETING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY8/2/2011 PROCLAMATION NO. 117/1998
A PROCLAMATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANIMAL, ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS MARKETING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Animal, animal products and by-products are Agricultural resources having an important role in the economy of the country; WHEREAS, it has become necessary to regulate, control and coordinate the supply and marketing of this resource in appropriate way in order to maximize the benefit that the country can obtain; WHEREAS, it has become essential to give information and assistance to those individual persons and organizations engaged in animal, animal products and by-products trade activities, as well as to facilitate the marketing condition thereof; WHEREAS. it is believed that the sector of the export of animals, animal products and by products, which so far without a specific responsible body, needs to be carried out in an efficient and centralized manner, except such specialized activities that require handling by a different body; WHEREAS, to implement the foregoing it is found necessary to establish an autonomous and responsible public authority with appropriate powers and duties; NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows. 1. Short Title This Proclamation may be cited as the “Animal and Animal Products and By-Products Marketing Development Authority Establishment Proclamation No. 117/1998″ 2. Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires in this proclamation: 1. “Animal” Means cattle, sheep, goat, camel, poultry, pig, bee and includes other animals which the authority for the purpose of this proclamation designates as animals; 2. “Animal Product” means meat, milk, butter, cheese, egg, honey wax, sheep hair, as well as wool and includes other products which the authority designates as animal products; 3. “Animal by-product” means everything of value produced from the slaughter of animal such as hide, skin, horn, hoof , blood, bone and meat meal and includes other by-products which the authority in the future designates as animal by products; 4. “Quarantine” means a mode of prevention and control of the spread of various contagious and infectious animal disease with in the country, from the country or to the country; 5. “Quarantine station” means a specified and demarcated area where animals, animal products and by-products are kept under strict follow up and control; 6. “Staging point” means a demarcated area established within a limited interval along the routes of trade of animals to provide feed, water, veterinary and resting services for trade stock.
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