74Prohibition on certain slaughtering of animals and processing of meat for human consumption

74 Prohibition on certain slaughtering of animals and processing of meat for human consumption

74 Prohibition on certain slaughtering of animals and processing of meat for human consumption

(1) A person must not slaughter an animal for human consumption unless the animal is an abattoir animal or a game animal.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(2) A person must not process meat for human consumption unless the meat is abattoir meat or game meat.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(3) The holder of a licence that authorises the operation of a meat processing plant must, in producing processed meat, use only meat or things containing meat that—

(a) is abattoir meat or game meat, and

(b) has been passed by a meat safety inspector as being fit for human consumption.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

animal means—

(a) a vertebrate animal other than a fish, and

(b) is not limited by the definition of animal in section 69.

meat means the whole or a part of the carcase of an animal.