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5‑16 Trade description must be applied to prescribed wild game meat and wild game meat products that are intended to be exported

(1) A trade description including the information referred to in subsection (3) must be applied to prescribed wild game meat or wild game meat products that are intended to be exported.

Note 1: For trade description, see section 246 of the Act. See also Chapter 8 of this instrument.

Note 2: For applied, in relation to a trade description, see section 247 of the Act.

Note 3: Clause 16.7 of the Australian Meat Standard is not required to be complied with (see subsection 4‑3(2)).

Note 4: Clause 12.6 of the Australian Wild Game Meat Standard is not required to be complied with (see subsection 4‑3(4)).

Note 5: If the relevant importing country authority specifies that it does not require a trade description requirement prescribed by this Division to be met, the Secretary may approve a variation of the approved arrangement to provide that the trade description requirement does not apply (see section 161 of the Act and section 5‑36 of this instrument).

(2) The trade description must be applied no later than the time the prescribed wild game meat or wild game meat products are packed. Content of trade description (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the information in relation to the prescribed wild game meat or wild game meat products is as follows: (a) a full description of the wild game meat or wild game meat products; (b) the type of animal from which the wild game meat or wild game meat products were derived; (c) the words “WILD GAME”; (d) the net weight of the wild game meat or wild game meat products; (e) the country of origin of the wild game meat or wild game meat products; (f) the registration number of the registered establishment where the wild game meat or wild game meat products were last packed before export; (g) the name and address of: (i) the occupier of the registered establishment referred to in paragraph (f); or (ii) the exporter or consignee of the wild game meat or wild game meat products; (h) for wild game meat or wild game meat products that were packed on behalf of a person other than the occupier of the registered establishment where operations to prepare the wild game meat or wild game meat products for export were carried out: (i) the name of the person who packed the wild game meat or wild game meat products; and (ii) the name of the person on whose behalf the wild game meat or wild game meat products were packed; (i) for packaged wild game meat or wild game meat products—the date of packaging using the format Day‑Month abbreviation‑Year with leading zeros (for example, 02Feb2021); (j) for wild game meat or wild game meat products that contain 2 or more ingredients—a list of the ingredients (other than any processing aids) in descending order of ingoing weight; (k) the identity of the batch; (l) for wild game meat or wild game meat products other than shelf‑stable meat products—a statement indicating whether they should be kept chilled or frozen; (m) for canned wild game meat or wild game meat products: (i) the registration number allocated to the registered establishment where the canning was carried out, preceded by the letters “EX”; and (ii) the date of packaging (in code or in clear); and (iii) a description of the contents of the cans (in code or in clear).