Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 5/25)
Character Range: 277755–280384

commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person engages in conduct and the conduct has the result that an official mark applied to certain meat or meat products or documents is altered so as to be false, misleading or deceptive (see sections 261 and 262 of the Act).

8‑29  Official marks must be legible and securely attached
  An official mark applied to meat or meat products must be:
 (a) legible; and
 (b) securely attached.

8‑30  Security of official marks
  A person who is in possession of an official mark that has not been applied to any meat or meat products, as permitted by section 8‑25, must ensure that the official mark is stored securely.

8‑31  Removal or defacement of official marks

Official marks generally
 (1) If an official mark has been applied to meat or meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the meat or meat products:
 (a) are no longer wholesome; or
 (b) have deteriorated.

Official marks (other than Halal meat official mark, Australia Approved official mark or Australia Approved (lamb) official mark)
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), if an official mark (other than a Halal meat official mark, an Australia Approved official mark or an Australia Approved (lamb) official mark) has been applied to a carton in which meat or meat products are packed, the official mark must be removed or defaced if it is no longer intended:
 (a) to export the meat or meat products; or
 (b) to export the meat or meat products in that carton.

Halal meat official marks
 (3) If a Halal meat official mark has been applied to meat or meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if:
 (a) the meat or meat products are not Halal meat that has been derived from animals slaughtered in accordance with an approved arrangement covering the slaughter of animals for Halal meat; or
 (b) the integrity of the meat or meat products as Halal meat cannot be ensured.

Foreign country identification official marks and European Union official marks
 (4) Without limiting subsection (1), if a foreign country identification official mark or a European Union official mark has been applied to meat or meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the circumstances in which that mark may be applied to the meat or meat products, as specified by the relevant importing country authority, no longer exist.

Persons who may remove or deface official mark
 (5) If an official mark has been applied to meat or meat products and the official mark is required to be removed or defaced under any of subsections (1) to (4), the official mark must be removed