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Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Rules 2021
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#### 2‑1 Meat and meat products that are prescribed goods
(1) For the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act and subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, goods that:
(a) are meat or meat products derived from a bovine animal, bubaline animal, camelid animal, caprine animal, cervid animal, ovine animal, porcine animal or soliped animal; and
(b) are intended to be exported as food;
are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
> Note 1: Examples of animals referred to in paragraph (a) are cattle and bison (bovine animals), Asian water buffalo (bubaline animals), camels (camelid animals), goats (caprine animals), deer (cervid animals), sheep (ovine animals), pigs (porcine animals) and horses and donkeys (soliped animals).
> Note 2: For food, see section 12 of the Act.
> Note 3: Meat or meat products covered by this subsection are taken not to be prescribed goods for the purposes of the Act in the circumstances prescribed by section 2‑2 of this instrument (see the definition of prescribed goods in section 12 of the Act).
(2) If:
(a) meat or meat products of a kind referred to in a paragraph of subsection (3) are intended to be exported to a country (the importing country) as food; and
(b) for the purpose of meeting an importing country requirement of that country, one or more requirements of the Act must be complied with;
then, for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act, the meat or meat products that are intended to be exported to the importing country are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
> Note: Example: Meat extracts would be prescribed meat products if a requirement of the Act would need to be complied with in relation to the meat extracts for the purpose of meeting an importing country requirement.
> Note: The Act will apply to meat and meat products to which this subsection applies in the same way as it applies to goods prescribed for the purposes of the Act under subsection (1).
(3) The following goods are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act unless subsection (2) of this section applies in relation to the goods:
(a) soup, soup powder or soup concentrate derived from meat;
(b) meat extracts;
(c) tallow derived from meat;
(d) gelatine derived from meat;
(e) regenerated collagen products derived from meat;
(f) any other meat or meat products that are not covered by subsection (1) of this section;
(g) meat products containing less than 5% mass of meat;
(h) meat or meat products for export in a consignment of not more than 10 kilograms;
(i) meat or meat products for export to New Zealand for consumption in New Zealand.
> Note: Meat or meat products covered by subsection (1) that are for export to New Zealand but are not for consumption in New Zealand (for example, meat or meat products covered by subsection (1) that are exported to New Zealand for further processing and export from New Zealand) are prescribed goods.
(4) The following goods are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 28(1) of the Act:
(a) meat or meat products that are animal food;
(b) meat or meat products that are pharmaceutical material.