Primary Produce Safety (Meat and Poultry) Regulations 2024 (Tas)

Primary Produce Safety (Meat and Poultry) Regulations 2024

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .

2 December 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

J. HOWLETT

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (Meat and Poultry) Regulations 2024 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 31 December 2024.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – accredited meat premises means premises on which an accredited meat producer is authorised to carry on a meat processing business for the purposes of carrying out the primary production activities to which the accreditation relates; accredited meat producer means the proprietor of a meat processing business, or a poultry production business, who is an accredited producer; Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 ; approved meat or meat product food safety program means a food safety program in respect of meat, meat product or poultry, whichever is relevant in the circumstances, that is an approved food safety program; food business has the same meaning as in the Food Act 2003 ; full-time meat handler means an individual who directly engages in meat processing – (a) as an employee or agent of a meat processing business; and (b) for 38 hours in a week; game bird means a living bird in the wild; homekill meat means meat or poultry meat that is produced – (a) from an animal that has been lawfully slaughtered – (i) by or on behalf of the owner of the animal; and (ii) on premises – (a) where the owner of the animal resides; or (b) that have been approved, in writing, by the Chief Inspector; and (iii) for human consumption on either of the premises referred to in subparagraph (ii) ; and (iv) for a non-commercial purpose; or (b) from game or a game bird that has been lawfully slaughtered – (i) in the wild; and (ii) for a non-commercial purpose; homekill processing – see regulation 7 ; meat and poultry food safety scheme – see regulation 8 ; meat processing business means a primary produce business, or a proposed primary produce business, that consists, in whole or in part, of meat processing other than homekill processing; meat producer means a producer who engages in, or is proposing to engage in – (a) meat production; or (b) meat processing; or (c) poultry production; meat production means – (a) the rearing, management or transport of an abattoir animal intended for supply to a meat processing business for the purpose of producing meat or meat product from the abattoir animal; or (b) the lawful slaughter of an animal in the wild for the purpose of producing meat, meat product or poultry meat from the animal; poultry meat means meat or meat product produced from lawfully slaughtered poultry or a game bird, other than a ratite; poultry production means the rearing, management or transport of live poultry, other than a ratite, intended for supply to a meat processing business for the purpose of producing poultry meat; poultry production business means a primary produce business, or a proposed primary produce business, that consists, in whole or in part, of poultry production; ratite includes an emu, ostrich and cassowary.