Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.2.3 - Production and Processing Standard for Meat (Australia Only) (Cth)

Standard 4.2.3

PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING STANDARD FOR MEAT

(Australia only)

Purpose and commentary

Reserved

Table of Provisions

Division 1 – Preliminary 1 Interpretation

Division 2 – Primary production of meat 2 Definitions 2A Animals covered by this Division 2B Application of Division to retail sale activities 2C Inputs 2D Waste disposal 2E Traceability

Division 3 – Production of ready-to-eat meat 3 Interpretation 4 Requirements on producers of ready-to-eat meat 5 Additional requirements for uncooked comminuted fermented meat

Schedule Method for measuring pH

Clauses

Division 1 – Preliminary

1 Interpretation

(1) In this Standard –

meat product means a food containing no less than 300 g/kg of meat.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, the definitions in Chapter 3 of this Code apply for the purposes of this Standard.

Division 2 – Primary production of meat

2 Definitions

In this Division –

meat means any part of a slaughtered animal for human consumption.

meat producer means a business, enterprise or activity that involves the growing, supply or transportation of animals for human consumption.

2A Animals covered by this Division

(1) In this Division, a reference to an animal means an animal of a species listed in Column 2 of the Table.

(2) However, a reference to an animal does not include an animal of a species listed in Column 2 of the Table if that animal was slaughtered in the wild.

Table to clause 2A

Column 1 Column 2 Item Species 1 Bovine 2 Caprine 3 Ovine 4 Porcine 5 Bubaline 6 Camelidae 7 Cervidae 8 Crocodylidae 9 Lagomorph 10 Ratite 11 Soliped

2B Application of Division to retail sale activities

This Division does not apply to the retail sale activities of a meat producer.

2C Inputs

A meat producer must take all reasonable measures to ensure that inputs do not adversely affect the safety or suitability of meat or meat products.