Food Amendment (Beef Labelling) Regulation 2010 (NSW)

2010 No 463

New South Wales

Food Amendment (Beef Labelling)

Regulation 2010

under the

Food Act 2003

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Food Act 2003.

STEVE WHAN, MP

Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Food Regulation 2010 to prescribe the AUS-MEAT Domestic Retail Beef Register as the AUS-MEAT manual for the purposes of section 23B (5) of the Food Act 2003. This will enable a person carrying on a food business that involves the advertising, packaging or labelling of beef for sale to use the language used in that Register for the purposes of describing the type, quality, classification, category, cut or grade of the beef.

This Regulation is made under the Food Act 2003, including the definition of AUS-MEAT manual in section 23B (5) and section 139 (the general regulation-making power).

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2010 No 463
Clause 1	Food Amendment (Beef Labelling) Regulation 2010

Food Amendment (Beef Labelling) Regulation 2010

under the

Food Act 2003

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Food Amendment (Beef Labelling) Regulation
2010.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 31 August 2010 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Food Regulation 2010

Clause 4A

Insert after clause 4:

4A AUS-MEAT manual

The AUS-MEAT Domestic Retail Beef Register (Second Edition, Version 2, 12 July 2010) published by AUS-MEAT Limited (ACN 082 528 881) is prescribed as a replacement document for the purposes of the definition of AUS-MEAT manual in section 23B (5) of the Act.