9‑22 Inspections of carcases and carcase9‑22 Inspections of carcases and carcase parts and applying post‑mortem dispositions

9‑22 Inspections of carcases and carcase parts and applying post‑mortem dispositions

(1) An authorised officer: (a) may carry out inspections of carcases and carcase parts; and (b) after carrying out an inspection, must apply a disposition to the carcases or carcase parts in accordance with subsection (2) or (3).

Note 1: See section 10 of the Australian Meat Standard, other than clause 10.12 which is not required to be met (see subsection 4‑3(2) of this instrument).

Note 2: An authorised officer may apply a disposition under this section subject to conditions, and may vary a disposition applied under this section (see section 9‑24 of this instrument).

Dispositions for carcases (2) One of the following dispositions must be applied to carcases: (a) passed for human consumption; (b) passed for human consumption and unsuitable for export; (c) passed for human consumption and unsuitable for export to a specified country; (d) retained for final disposition; (e) unfit for human consumption and may be recovered for animal food; (f) unfit for human consumption and may be recovered for pharmaceutical material; (g) condemned. Dispositions for carcase parts (3) One of the following dispositions must be applied to carcase parts: (a) a disposition referred to in any of paragraphs (2)(a) to (g); (b) derived from an animal the carcase of which is passed for human consumption and the carcase parts require further treatment to be fit for human consumption.