New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FOOD REGULATION 2004 - REG 60

60 Definitions

(1) In this Part and Schedules 2-11:
"abattoir" means premises used for or in connection with the slaughtering of abattoir animals for human consumption, and includes:

(a) buildings used in connection with the slaughtering, handling, drafting or keeping of abattoir animals for human consumption at any premises so used, and

(b) holding yards and the like.

"abattoir animal" means any of the following animals that is not a game animal:

(a) any bull, ox, steer, cow, heifer, calf, ram, ewe, wether, hogget, lamb, goat, kid, swine, buffalo, crocodile, deer or rabbit,

(b) any bird.

"abattoir meat" means meat that is from an abattoir animal and that is intended for human consumption.
"animal" means an abattoir animal, game animal or knackery animal.
"animal food" means food intended for consumption by animals.
"animal food processing plant" means any premises where:

(a) in the course of a business (being a business of preparing or selling animal food) meat or fish or any product of meat or fish is stored, packed, packaged, processed, treated, boned or cut up, or

(b) in the course of a business, processed animal food is produced,

but does not include:

(c) an abattoir, knackery, meat processing plant or game meat processing plant, or

(d) meat retail premises.

"animal food van" means any vehicle used for the conveyance of meat intended for use as animal food.
"ARMCANZ" means the Agricultural Resources Management Council of Australia and New Zealand.
"bird" includes ratite.
"game animal" means any of the following animals that is not husbanded in the manner of a farmed animal and is killed in the field:

(a) any goat, kid, swine, deer, rabbit, camel, donkey, horse, hare or bird,

(b) any fauna permitted to be taken and killed for the purposes of sale in accordance with a licence under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

"game meat" means meat that is from a game animal and that is intended for human consumption.
"game meat inspector" means:

(a) in relation to the inspection of game meat for human consumption-a person approved in writing to inspect game animals for human consumption, or

(b) in relation to the inspection of game meat for use as animal food-a person approved in writing to inspect game animals for use as animal food.

"game meat processing plant" means any premises where, in the course of a business:

(a) dead game animals intended for human consumption are, or game meat is, stored, packed, packaged, processed, treated, boned or cut up, or

(b) processed meat is produced from game meat,

but does not include:

(c) an abattoir, or

(d) meat retail premises.

"game meat van" means any vehicle that is used for the conveyance of meat that is game meat.
"hogget" means an ovine animal that has cut at least one, but no more than 2, permanent incisor teeth.
"knackery" means premises used for or in connection with the slaughtering of knackery animals for use as animal food, or for or in connection with the destruction of animals, and includes:

(a) buildings used in or in connection with the slaughtering, destruction, handling, drafting or keeping of any such animals at any premises so used, and

(b) holding yards and the like.

"knackery animal" means horse, donkey, kangaroo, buffalo, deer, bull, ox, steer, cow, heifer, calf, ram, ewe, wether, hogget, lamb, goat, kid, swine, rabbit or bird.
"knackery meat" means meat that is from a knackery animal and that is intended for use as animal food.
"lamb" means an ovine animal that has not cut a permanent incisor tooth.
"licensed premises" means premises in respect of which a licence is in force.
"licensed vehicle" means a vehicle in respect of which a licence is in force.
"meat" means the whole or any part of the carcase of an animal, but does not include processed meat or processed animal food.
"meat business" has the meaning given by clause 62.
"meat processing plant" means any premises where, in the course of a business:

(a) abattoir meat is stored, packed, packaged, processed, treated, boned or cut up, or

(b) processed meat is produced from abattoir meat,

but does not include:

(c) an abattoir, or

(d) meat retail premises.

"meat retail premises" means premises where meat is sold by retail and on which raw meat carcases or parts of raw meat carcases are processed in some way (such as boning, slicing or cutting), not being premises where, in any week during the preceding calendar year, more than one tonne of meat was sold by wholesale or where all the meat sold is:

(a) in a form ready to be consumed (such as is sold at a restaurant or take-away food shop), or

(b) in a form commonly referred to as cook and chill (that is, cooked packaged meat that requires reheating before consumption).

"meat safety officer", in relation to an abattoir, means the meat safety officer appointed for the abattoir in accordance with clause 126.
"meat van" means any vehicle used for the conveyance of meat that is abattoir meat.
"minimum standards" means, in relation to:

(a) an abattoir-the minimum standards specified in clause 66, or

(b) a meat processing plant-the minimum standards specified in clause 70, or

(c) a game meat processing plant-the minimum standards specified in clause 74, or

(d) a meat van-the minimum standards specified in clause 79, or

(e) a game meat van-the minimum standards specified in clause 84, or

(f) a knackery-the minimum standards specified in clause 88, or

(g) a rendering plant-the minimum standards specified in clause 91, or

(h) an animal food processing plant-the minimum standards specified in clause 95, or

(i) an animal food van-the minimum standards specified in clause 99, or

(j) meat retail premises-the minimum standards specified in clause 101.

"operational standards" means, in relation to:

(a) an abattoir-the operational standards specified in clause 67, or

(b) a meat processing plant-the operational standards specified in clause 71, or

(c) a game meat processing plant-the operational standards specified in clause 75, or

(d) a meat van-the operational standards specified in clause 80, or

(e) a game meat van-the operational standards specified in clause 85, or

(f) a knackery-the operational standards specified in clause 89, or

(g) a rendering plant-the operational standards specified in clause 92, or

(h) an animal food processing plant-the operational standards specified in clause 96, or

(i) meat retail premises-the operational standards specified in clause 102.

"processed animal food" means any product of a manufacturing process that contains meat that is intended for use as animal food.
"processed meat" means any product of a manufacturing process that contains abattoir meat or game meat and that is intended for human consumption, but does not include any such product that is cooked and requires reheating in order to be ready to eat.
"rendering plant" means any premises where animal by-products are rendered or boiled down, but does not include an abattoir or a knackery.

(2) A reference in this Part to premises or a vehicle used for a purpose includes a reference to premises or a vehicle intended to be used for the purpose.