Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Standard 1.6.2 Processing Requirements (Australia Only) (Cth)

STANDARD 1.6.2

PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS

(Australia only)

Purpose

This Standard sets out the requirements for processing of foods regulated in Chapter 2 of this Code.  This Standard does not apply to food produced in, or imported into, New Zealand.

Table of Provisions

1             Deleted
2             Deleted
3             Deleted
4             Deleted
5             Dried meat
6             Crocodile meat
7             Game meat
8             Fermented comminuted processed meat

Clauses

1             Deleted

2             Deleted

3             Deleted

4             Deleted

5             Dried meat

Dried meat means meat that has been dried to a water activity of no more than 0.85 but does not include slow dried cured meat.

Editorial note for New Zealand:

For New Zealand purposes, processing requirements for dried meat are regulated under the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Food Act 1981. 

7             Game meat

(1)           In this clause –

game meat means the whole or part of the carcass of any bird, buffalo, camel, deer, donkey, goat, hare, horse, kangaroo, rabbit, pig, possum or wallaby that has been slaughtered in the wild state, but does not include avian eggs, foetuses, parts of foetuses or pouch young.

game meat flesh means skeletal game meat muscle, including any attached fat, connective tissue, nerve, blood, blood vessels and, in the case of birds, skin.

game offal means game meat other than game meat flesh.

(2)           Game meat, except game birds, must be obtained –

(a)          from a game carcass which has been subjected to governmentally approved post mortem inspection; or

(b)          in accordance with a governmentally approved quality assurance program designed to ensure that the game meat is fit for human consumption.

(3)           Game meat offal, except for bone or cartilage attached to game meat flesh, must not be sold as or used in the preparation of food.

Editorial note for New Zealand:

For New Zealand purposes, processing requirements for game meat are regulated under the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Food Act 1981. 

8             Fermented comminuted processed meat

(1)           In this clause –

comminuted means chopped, diced or minced.

mechanically separated meat means meat that has been separated from bone by a mechanical process that results in comminuted meat.

rendered trimmings means the cooked meat fractions derived from the rendering of meat trimmings, excluding ligamentum nuchae.

(2)           Fermented comminuted processed meat is heat treated if it has had its core temperature maintained at 55°C for a period of at least 20 minutes, or an equivalent combination of time and higher temperature.

(3)           Fermented comminuted processed meat is cooked if it has had its core temperature maintained at 65°C for a period of at least 10 minutes, or an equivalent combination of time and higher temperature.

(4)           A fermented meat product must not contain mechanically separated meat or rendered trimmings unless it has been cooked in accordance with subclause (3).

Editorial note:

Processed meat in this clause includes processed meat and manufactured meat in accordance with Standard 2.2.1, irrespective of the prescribed names set out in that Standard.

Guidelines for the Safe Manufacture of Smallgoods published by Meat and Livestock Australia, will assist manufacturers and appropriate enforcement agencies to give effect to the provisions in this clause.

Editorial note for New Zealand:

For New Zealand purposes, processing requirements for fermented comminuted processed meats are regulated under the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Food Act 1981.

Amendment History

The Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.

These amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.

About this compilation

This is a compilation of Standard 1.6.2 as in force on 31 July 2015 (up to Amendment No. 155). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.

Prepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 31 July 2015.

Uncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect

To assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Standard as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.

The following abbreviations may be used in the table below:

ad = added or inserted   am = amended
exp = expired or ceased to have effect                  rep = repealed
rs = repealed and substituted

Standard 1.6.2 was published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. P 30 on 20 December 2000 as part of Amendment 53 (F2008B00631 – 2 October 2008) and has been amended as follows:

Clause affected	A’ment No.	FRLI registration Gazette	Commencement (Cessation)	How affected	Description of amendment
Table of Provs	103	F2008L03741 9 Oct 2008 FSC 45 9 Oct 2008	9 Oct 2008	rep	References to clauses 9 and 10 to reflect their repeal.
Table of Provs	111	F2009L03145 13 Aug 2009 FSC 53 13 Aug 2009	13 Aug 2009	rs	Table of Provisions to reflect previous amendments to clauses.
Table of Provs	124	F2011L01450 8 July 2011 FSC 66 11 July 2011	20 May 2012	rep	Reference to clause 4.
Table of Provs	124	F2011L01450 8 July 2011 FSC 66 11 July 2011	26 Nov 2012	rep	Reference to clause 3.
1	88	F2006L03270 5 Oct 2006 FSC 30 5 Oct 2006	5 Oct 2008	rep	Clause as a consequential amendment of the commencement of Standard 4.2.4.
1	101	F2008L03058 14 Aug 2008 FSC 43 14 Aug 2008	14 Aug 2008	rs	Editorial note for New Zealand following the clause.
2	64	F2008B00810 23 Dec 2008 FSC 6 13 Dec 2002	13 Dec 2002	rs	Clause and associated Editorial notes
2	78	F2005L01246 26 May 2005 FSC 20 26 May 2005	26 May 2005	am	Omit the reference to a review of 2(1)(b) from the Editorial note following the clause.
2	88	F2006L03270 5 Oct 2006 FSC 30 5 Oct 2006	5 Oct 2008	rep	Clause as a consequential amendment of the commencement of Standard 4.2.4.
2	101	F2008L03058 14 Aug 2008 FSC 43 14 Aug 2008	14 Aug 2008	am	Editorial note following the clause.
2(1)	81	F2005L02787 22 Sept 2005 FSC 23 22 Sept 2005	22 Sept 2005	rs	Omit reference to Standard 2.5.4 in (c) and replace with a reference to Standard 4.2.4A.
3	101	F2008L03058 14 Aug 2008 FSC 43 14 Aug 2008	14 Aug 2008	rs	Editorial note for New Zealand following the clause.
3	123	F2011L00857 25 May 2011 FSC 64 26 May 2011	26 Nov 2012	rep	Clause following commencement of Standard 4.2.5 and replacement Standard 2.2.2.
4	101	F2008L03058 14 Aug 2008 FSC 43 14 Aug 2008	14 Aug 2008	rs	Editorial note for New Zealand following the clause.
4	116	F2010L01310 14 Aug 2008 FSC 58 20 May 2010	20 May 2012	rep	Clause following commencement of Standard 4.1.1.
6	149	F2014L01036 29 July 2014 FSC 91 31 July 2014	31 July 2015	rep	Clause following commencement of amendments to Standard 4.2.3.
7(4)	60	F2008B00798 19 Dec 2008 FSC 2 20 June 2002	20 June 2002	am	To correct numbering to 7(3).
8	101	F2008L03058 14 Aug 2008 FSC 43 14 Aug 2008	14 Aug 2008	rs	Editorial note for New Zealand following the clause.
8	109	F2009L02295 18 June 2009 FSC 51 18 June 2009	18 June 2009	rs	Editorial note following the clause.
8(2), 8(3)	124	F2011L01450 8 July 2011 FSC 66 11 July 2011	11 July 2011	am	Minor typographical amendments.
8(4)	68	F2008B00815 24 Dec 2008 FSC 10 18 Sept 2003	18 Sept 2003	rs	Editorial note following the subclause.
9	68	F2008B00815 24 Dec 2008 FSC 10 18 Sept 2003	18 Sept 2003	rs	Clause to include requirements for uncooked comminuted fermented meat.
9	83	F2005L03673 24 Nov 2005 FSC 25 24 Nov 2005	24 Nov 2006	rep	Clause as a consequential amendment of the commencement of Standard 4.2.3.
9	103	F2008L03741 9 Oct 2008 FSC 45 9 Oct 2008	9 Oct 2008	rep	Clause.
9(1)(A)	88	F2006L03270 5 Oct 2006 FSC 30 5 Oct 2006	5 Oct 2008	ad	Subclause to clarify the cessation date of effect of clause 9.
10	62	F2008B00807 19 Dec 2008 FSC 6 13 Dec 2002	13 Dec 2002	rep	Clause and associated Editorial note.
Schedule	60	F2008B00798 19 Dec 2008 FSC 2 20 June 2002	20 June 2002	rs	‘Fermenting’ with ‘fermented’ wherever occurring.
Schedule	68	F2008B00815 24 Dec 2008 FSC 10 18 Sept 2003	18 Sept 2003	am, rep	Amend the method of analysis of the determination of meat pH and omit the method of analysis for E. coli.
Schedule	103	F2008L03741 9 Oct 2008 FSC 45 9 Oct 2008	9 Oct 2008	rep	Schedule.