New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe primary objects of this Act are as follows:
(a) to protect human health by intervening early in the agricultural production process, in particular, to ensure that illegal or unsafe levels of chemical residues do not transfer to the human food chain by their excessive presence in food producing animals,
(b) to facilitate international trade by supporting initiatives to ensure that livestock and meat products destined for export markets comply with the chemical residue requirements of international trading partners,
(c) to protect the welfare of animals treated with stock medicines.