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    "id": 1425799,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mithika Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "standards that meet the international requirements for any food items for consumption, the Government has developed several legislations to address this particular issue. We all know that we have the Animal Disease Act, Cap 364 which provides that all animals presented for slaughter are free from disease and that they are moved to slaughterhouses accompanied by a movement permit, which attests to the provision of the Animal Disease Act have been met. That is one of the measures we have put to ensure compliance with the Animal Disease Act Cap 364. There is also the Meat Control Act. These are the pieces of legislation that are in place to guarantee the safety of our meat. The Meat Control Act also is an assurance of meat safety and provides for control to be exercised over meat and meat products intended for human consumption. The Meat Control Act has also provided for inspecting officers, where the Act authorises a meat inspector from the Government to ensure that before any meat is consumed, it is properly inspected."
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