South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEAT HYGIENE ACT 1994 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"accreditation" means an accreditation in force under this Act and includes temporary accreditation;

"Advisory Council" means the Meat Hygiene Advisory Council;

"affected with a disease or contaminant" has the meaning ascribed to—

            (a)         livestock affected with a disease or contaminant in the Livestock Act 1997 ; or

            (b)         livestock products affected with a disease or contaminant in the Livestock Act 1997 ,

as the case may require;

"approved inspection or audit service" means a person or body in respect of which an approval as an inspection or audit service is in force under Part 5 Division 1;

"Commonwealth Minister" means the Minister of the Commonwealth responsible for the administration of the Meat Inspection Act 1983 of the Commonwealth;

"contravene" includes fail to comply with;

"marked as fit for human consumption"—see section 6;

"meat" means—

            (a)         the whole or part of a killed animal or bird intended for human consumption or consumption by pets; or

            (b)         a product intended for human consumption or consumption by pets resulting from a process in which meat is mixed with another substance or is minced, cured, cooked, salted, fermented or otherwise treated (including a product of a class included by regulation within the ambit of this paragraph),

but does not include—

            (c)         the whole or a part of a fish; or

            (d)         a product if the proportion of meat in the product measured by mass is less than 30%; or

            (e)         the whole or part of an animal or bird, or a product resulting from the processing of meat, of a class excluded by regulation from the ambit of this definition;

"meat hygiene officer" means a person appointed as a meat hygiene officer under Part 5 Division 1 or an employee or agent of the Commonwealth or a local government authority having powers of a meat hygiene officer under an arrangement made under that Division;

"meat processing"—see section 4;

"processing program" means a program to be followed in processing meat including requirements relating to—

            (a)         preparations before meat is processed; and

            (b)         cleaning up after meat is processed; and

            (c)         maintaining premises, vehicles, plant and equipment used in connection with meat processing;

"quality assurance program" means a program to be followed for monitoring compliance with a processing program and the requirements of this Act;

"sell" includes—

            (a)         sell or give in exchange;

            (b)         agree or offer to sell or give in exchange;

            (c)         have in possession or control, expose, store, consign or deliver for or on sale or exchange;

            (d)         cause or permit an act referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

"wholesome"—see section 5;

"wild game" means an animal or bird living in a wild state and not under any artificial confinement.

Note—

For definition of divisional penalties (and divisional expiation fees) see Appendix.