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Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Rules 2021
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#### 8‑6 General requirements for trade descriptions
(1) A trade description applied to prescribed meat or meat products must:
(a) be accurate and unambiguous; and
(b) to the extent practicable, be securely attached; and
(c) be legible; and
(d) be prominent, conspicuous and not obscured in any way; and
(e) to the extent practicable, be tamper evident.
> Note 1: For guidance on the requirement for a trade description to be accurate, see the Australian Meat Industry Classification System.
> Note 2: For applied, in relation to a trade description, see section 247 of the Act.
(2) Information or pictures that are applied to prescribed meat or meat products in addition to the trade description must not be inconsistent with the information required to be included in the trade description under Subdivision D of Division 2 of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of this instrument (approved arrangements).
(3) For the purposes of the requirement in paragraph (1)(a) for a trade description to be accurate:
(a) the description “beef offal” is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from beef, veal or bull carcases; and
(b) the description “pork offal” is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from pork, sow or boar carcases; and
(c) the description “mutton offal” is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from mutton, lamb or ram carcases.
> Note: For offal, see section 1‑5.