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MEAT INDUSTRIES REGULATIONS - REG 9

Processing, sale, &c., of meat for human consumption

    (1)     It is a condition of a domestic abattoir licence that the licensee must not process, pack, store, dispatch or sell a carcass, or meat for human consumption, from an animal slaughtered or processed other than at the establishment to which the licence relates.

Infringement Notice Penalty:     4 penalty units.

    (2)     A licensee is not to be taken to have breached the condition specified in subregulation (1) if the licensee takes all steps to ensure that the carcass or meat was:

        (a)     produced under:

            (i)     a domestic abattoir licence;

            (ii)     an export abattoir licence;

            (iii)     a domestic game meat processing licence;

            (iv)     an export game meat processing licence;

            (v)     a domestic poultry abattoir licence; or

            (vi)     an export poultry abattoir licence;

        (b)     produced:

            (i)     under a licence, permit or similar instrument permitting the slaughter or processing of the meat under a corresponding law; and

            (ii)     in accordance with the specified standard, or specified code of practice, for production of meat on the licensee's licence; or

        (c)     produced under the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth or accepted into and dispatched from registered premises in accordance with that Act.



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