MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 39 Branding
MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 39
Branding(1) A person must not supply meat to or remove meat from a meat processing facility unless—
S. 39(1)(a) substituted by No. 22/2022 s. 204(1).
(a) the meat is a carcass or comes from a carcass—
(i) branded in accordance with the regulations as fit for human consumption; or
(ii) certified as fit for human consumption in accordance with the laws of another State or a Territory; or
(b) the meat has in accordance with the requirements of the regulations, been made unusable for human consumption.
Penalty: First offence 50 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.
S. 39(1A) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 204(2).
(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to game meat or poultry meat.
S. 39(1B) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 204(2).
(1B) A person must not remove game meat from a game processing facility , other than a field depot or a harvest vehicle, unless—
(a) the meat is branded in accordance with the regulations as fit for human consumption; or
(b) the meat is certified as fit for human consumption in accordance with the laws of another State or a Territory; or
(c) the meat has, in accordance with the requirements of the regulations, been made unusable for human consumption.
Penalty: First offence 50 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.
(2) A person must not, without being authorised to do so, by or under this Act—
(a) manufacture or possess a prescribed brand or a brand that appears to be a prescribed brand; or
(b) brand meat from a consumable animal; or
(c) remove or deface a brand on meat from a consumable animal; or
(d) permit any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).
Penalty: First offence 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both.