MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 37A Ban on sale of certain meat at butcher shops

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 37A

    (1)     A person at a butcher shop must not sell any meat that is unfit for human consumption, regardless of whether or not the meat is intended to be consumed by humans.

Penalty:     First offence: 100 penalty units.

Subsequent offence: 500 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both.

S. 37A(2) inserted by No. 34/2006 s. 6.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to meat contained in food intended for consumption as pet food if that food—

        (a)     has been manufactured, processed, packaged, in a robust, sealed, leak-proof container, and labelled at—

              (i)     a pet food processing facility operating in accordance with a licence under this Act; or

              (ii)     a similar facility operating in accordance with the laws of another State or a Territory that correspond to the provisions of this Act that apply to a pet food processing facility; and

        (b)     is sold in an un-opened state for consumption as pet food in the container in which it was originally packaged.

S. 37A(3) inserted by No. 34/2006 s. 6.

    (3)     Subsection (1) does not apply to meat contained in food intended for consumption as pet food if that food—

        (a)     has been manufactured, processed, packaged, in a robust, sealed, leak-proof container, and labelled in another country; and

S. 37A(3)(b) amended by Nos 22/2022 s. 201, 6/2024 s. 51.

        (b)     has been approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of the Commonwealth for sale for consumption as pet food in Australia; and

        (c)     is sold in an un-opened state for consumption as pet food in the container in which it was originally packaged.

S. 37B inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 202.