Mr. Martin Blake:

Generally, where abattoirs operate, they operate for more than one day per week. The facility in question was operating only one day per week. We have 49 approved slaughter facilities across the country dealing with all species. Generally, a veterinary inspector and technical staff are assigned to those. They carry a range of duties, from ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections to hygiene and animal welfare checks across the day on the days they are present when slaughter is happening.