Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1980 No. 16 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 2

2. Regulation 82 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-regulation (1) "uncooked meat of bovine animals
from Canada or the United States of America," after "than" (first occurring);
and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-regulation (1AA) the following sub-regulations:

"(1AAA) Subject to sub-regulation (1AAB), uncooked meat of bovine animals from
Canada or the United States of America shall not be landed unless the Chief
Quarantine Officer for the animals division of quarantine in the State or
Territory where it is proposed to land the meat has certified, by writing
under his hand, that he is satisfied that-

   (a)  the meat was derived from an animal that was slaughtered for human
        consumption in that country;

   (b)  the animals were slaughtered, or the meat was packed, on a specified
        date or dates;

   (c)  the animals from which the meat was derived were subjected to ante
        mortem and post mortem veterinary inspection and were found to be free
        of contagious and infectious disease;

   (d)  the animals were bovine;

   (e)  the meat does not include meat of any animal other than a bovine
        animal;

   (f)  the meat was not exposed to contamination prior to exportation;

   (g)  foot and mouth disease and rinderpest do not exist in that country;

   (h)  where the meat has been comminuted, no segment of the meat has a
        volume of less than 125 cubic centimetres;

   (j)  the abattoir or other establishment in which the meat was processed or
        packed did not, at the time the meat was processed or packed, hold-

        (i)    any ruminant or pig imported from a country other than Canada
               or the United States of America for immediate slaughter; or

        (ii)   any imported meat other than meat imported from Canada or the
               United States of America, as the case may be, Australia or New
               Zealand in accordance with the law of the country into which
               that meat was imported;

   (k)  the abattoir or other establishment in which the meat was processed or
        packed-

        (i)    is licensed, registered or otherwise considered acceptable by
               the Australian government, for the purpose of exporting meat to
               Australia;

        (ii)   has been allocated a number commonly known as a veterinary
               control number by the government of the country from which the
               goods were exported; and

        (iii)  that number is stamped on, or shown on an adhesive label stuck
               to, the meat or the packing in which the meat is contained;

   (l)  the meat was transported to Australia-

        (i)    in a cargo compartment or container system unit that-

                (A)  was, before the meat was loaded into it, thoroughly
                     cleaned with a 2 per cent solution of sodium hydroxide or
                     a 4 per cent solution of sodium carbonate;

                (B)  did not, after it was so cleaned, contain any other meat;
                     and

                (C)  was, after the meat was loaded into it, sealed with the
                     official seal of the appropriate department of the
                     government of the country from which the meat was
                     exported and was incapable of being opened, after being
                     so sealed, without breaking that seal; or

        (ii)   by air otherwise than in a container system unit and the
               packing containing the meat was sealed with the official seal
               of the appropriate department of the government of the country
               from which the meat was exported and was-

                (A)  fresh packing material incapable of being opened, after
                     being so sealed, without breaking that seal; and

                (B)  enclosed in an outer transparent polythene wrapping; and

   (m)  the seal on the cargo compartment or container system unit, or on the
        packing containing the meat, referred to in paragraph (l) has not been
        broken.



"(1AAB) Where-

   (a)  the seal on the cargo compartment or container system unit in which
        uncooked meat of bovine animals from Canada or the United States of
        America was transported to Australia or, in the case of such meat
        transported to Australia by air otherwise than in a container system
        unit, on the packing containing the meat, has been broken; or

   (b)  the cargo compartment, the container system unit or the packing was
        not sealed as described in paragraph (1AAA) (l),
the provisions of sub-regulation (1AAA) shall be deemed to have been complied
with, notwithstanding that the Chief Quarantine Officer referred to in that
sub-regulation has not certified under that sub-regulation in relation to the
official seal on, or the sealing of, the cargo compartment, the container
system unit or the packing in pursuance of paragraphs (1AAA) (l) and (m), if
the provisions of that sub-regulation have been complied with in every other
respect and the Director of Quarantine has certified, by writing under his
hand, that he is satisfied that the meat so transported to Australia has not
been subject to contamination.



"(1AAC) Uncooked meat of a bovine animal from Canada or the United States of
America landed in Australia shall not be released from quarantine until the
expiration of the period of 21 days commencing on-

   (a)  the date on which the animal was slaughtered; or

   (b)  if that date is not certified under sub-regulation (1AAA) in respect
        of that meat, the date on which the meat was packed.".