Section 35. Responsibility of the Local Health Authority. -

1. On Markets

   1. Make periodic inspections to ascertain the maintenance of adequate sanitary conditions of markets and their premises;

   2. Supervise and control the proper care and use of market stalls;

   3. Prohibit the construction of living quarters within any market and its premises;

   4. Enforce the ban on construction of partitions, sheds or booths within the market area.

2. On Abattoirs

   1. Supervise the maintenance of adequate sanitation in abattoirs and their premises;

   2. Enforce the requirements on the examination of meat as provided in existing laws;

   3. Permit the slaughter of animals for public consumption in other designated areas in certain exigencies, provided public health is adequately protected;

   4. Supervise the sanitary disposal of all abattoir wastes; and

   5. Ensure that only healthy animals shall be slaughtered, and that the method of slaughtering, the techniques of dressing and the storing, handling and transporting procedures are in accordance with prescribed standards.