§ 28

(1) An application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of a licence must be made to the Minister in a form approved by the President.

(2) An application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of a licence to slaughter a food animal, to manufacture, process, treat, preserve, grade, package or label a meat product or to store and handle an edible meat product in its imported condition must include at least one proposed work shift for each establishment where the activity is conducted.

(3) A work shift must be (a) in the case of slaughtering, a work shift during which no inspection station referred to in subsection 41(1) is operated for more than 7.5 hours in one day and 37.5 hours in one work week, excluding meal times; and (b) in the case of manufacturing, processing, treating, preserving, grading, packaging or labelling a meat product or storing and handling an edible meat product in its imported condition, a work shift during which those activities are conducted (i) for not more than 7.5 hours in one day and 37.5 hours in one work week, excluding meal times, or (ii) between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.