89Removal of meat from abattoir

89 Removal of meat from abattoir

89 Removal of meat from abattoir

(1) The holder of a licence authorising the operation of an abattoir must ensure abattoir meat is not removed from the abattoir unless the carcase or part of the carcase from which the abattoir meat was taken has been branded with a prescribed brand by or under the authority of a meat safety inspector.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) meat that a meat safety inspector has—

(i) passed as fit for use only as animal food, or

(ii) condemned as unfit for human consumption or use as animal food, or

(b) the carcase of a bird or meat from the carcase of a bird.