1Purposes

1 Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to set standards for meat production for human consumption and pet food;

(b) to set up a licensing and inspection system and a mechanism for adopting and implementing quality assurance programs to ensure that those standards are maintained;

(c) to enable the regulation of meat transport vehicles;

(d) to establish the Victorian Meat Authority to operate that licensing and inspection system and arrange for the adoption and monitoring of quality assurance programs;

S. 1(da) inserted by No. 24/2003 s. 62.

(da) to empower the Authority to perform the functions conferred on it by the Seafood Safety Act 2003;

(e) to repeal the Abattoir and Meat Inspection Act 1973, the Poultry Processing Act 1968 and the Abattoir and Meat Inspection (Arrangements) Act 1987;

(f) to repeal or amend various other Acts.