Amendments of the Meat Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1971 No. 14

Regulations under the Meat Ordinance 1931-1968.*

K E N N E T H	McCOLL A N D E R S O N , the Minister of State for Health, hereby
I	, make the following Regulations under the Meat Ordinance
Dated this ninth day of December, 1971.

1931-1968.

KEN A N D E R S O N

Minister of State for Health.

A M E N D M E N T S OF THE M E A T REGULATIONSt

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the twenty-third day of

December, 1971.

2.   Regulation 19 of the Meat Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1.) to (4.) (inclusive) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations: —

" (1 . ) For the purposes of section 7 of the Meat Ordinance 1931-

1968, the prescribed brand i s —

(a)	in the case of lamb—a strip brand consisting of the groups of letters A C T and L M B repeated vertically in sequence and applied in accordance with whichever of the succeeding provisions of this regulation are applicable; and
(b)	in the case of beef, pork, mutton and goatsmeat—a brand consisting of a circle within which are the letters A C on one line and the letter T on a line below the letters A C , and applied in accordance with whichever of the following provisions of this regulation are applicable.

and for later amendments, see Regulations 1970, No . 3.

" (4 . ) Each letter and the circle in the brand to be applied to meat referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be at least one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness, the letters in the brand shall be at least six-sixteenths of an inch in height with a spacing of at least nine-sixteenths of an inch between the letters ' A ' and ' C ' , with the top of the letter ' T ' being located directly below that spacing and at least nine-sixteenths of an inch below the base of the letters ' A ' and ' C '.

" (4A.) The strip brand to be applied to lamb shall be applied once to each side of the carcase, each brand commencing at the hock and continuing along the posterior or laterial aspect of the leg towards the butt of the tail, thence parallel with the midline of the back along the chump, loin and ribs to the top of the shoulder blade, thence along the lateral aspect of the neck.

" (4B. ) The brand to be applied to beef shall be applied once on the outer aspect of each buttock, the outer aspect of each loin, the outer aspect of each shoulder and the upper surface of the tongue. " (4c . ) The brand to be applied to pork shall be applied once on

each ham, each loin, each shoulder and each cheek.

" (4D.) The brand to be applied to mutton and goatsmeat shall be applied once on the inner aspect of each leg and to the outer aspect of each shoulder.";

" (2.) A prescribed brand shall be applied by means of a stamp

wetted with a stain made by mixing as a solution—

(a) 80 grams of the colouring compound known as Carmoisine C.I. 14720;

(b) 350 millilitres of glycerine;

(c ) 1,200 millilitres of ethyl alcohol; and

(d) 1,200 millilitres of water.

" (3 . ) Each letter in the strip brand to be applied to lamb shall be not less than one-half of an inch in height and the vertical distance between each group of letters in the strip brand shall not exceed three-quarters of an inch.

• Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 22 December 1971.

t For references to the Commonwealth Gazettes in which the original regulations and amendments made before

1960 were added, see footnote on p. 327 to Vol. III. to " Laws of the Australian Capital Territory 1911-1959 "

(b)	by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the definition of " hoggelt "; and
(c)	by omitting from that sub-regulation the definition of " mutton " and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

" ' mutton ' means the carcase of a sheep of an age not less than

the age known as two-tooth;".