Insiza Rural District Council (Game Meat By-laws) 2025
Game meat may only be sold in Insiza district by a rancher registered with the council holding a Parks cropping permit, with meat brought in from outside inspected and stamped before sale — though every fee and penalty in the schedules is printed as US$0.
These by-laws control the sale of game meat in the Insiza Rural District Council area. "Game animal" covers elephant, hippopotamus, zebra, ostrich and all cloven-hoofed animals but not domestic cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or horses; "game meat" excludes thoroughly cooked meat, sterilised meat in hermetically sealed containers, biltong and rendered by-products.
No game meat may be sold or brought into the council area for sale unless supplied by a game rancher registered with the council. Registration requires the Officer of Health to approve the premises and facilities used for handling and dressing the meat, and the rancher to produce a current game cropping and sale permit from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Vehicles used to transport game meat must be built to protect it from contamination and kept clean.
Game meat brought in from outside the district must be notified to an authorised person and produced for inspection at the time and place specified. Sound and wholesome meat is marked with an indelible inspection stamp; meat that is unsound or diseased may be seized and destroyed, with a certificate issued.
Contravening the by-laws or failing to comply with an authorised person's lawful requirement attracts a fine in the Second Schedule, and failing to settle a liability within 90 days is a further offence.
One oddity should be flagged: every entry in both the fee schedule and the penalty schedule is printed as US$0,00, so as published the by-laws impose registration, inspection and enforcement duties without any monetary charge or fine attached to them. The enacting words also cite section 90 of the "Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:13]", which is the citation of the Rural District Councils Act.
What changed
- Game meat may only be sold if supplied by a rancher registered with the council
- Registration requires health approval of premises and a current Parks and Wildlife cropping and sale permit
- Vehicles carrying game meat must be constructed and kept to prevent contamination
- Game meat from outside the district must be inspected and stamped before sale, with unsound meat seized and destroyed
- All fees and penalties are printed as US$0,00 in the schedules as published
Who this affects
- Game ranchers and safari operators selling meat in Insiza district
- Butcheries and traders bringing game meat into the district
- Transporters carrying game meat
- Council health inspectors
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.