Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:8:p73
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 73/75)
Character Range: 251180–253791

date the consignment is proposed to be exported.
 (2) If an assessment of the prescribed meat or meat products in the consignment is required to be carried out under Part 2 of Chapter 9 of the Act, the notice of intention to export the consignment must be given at a time that will ensure there will be sufficient time for the assessment to be carried out.
Note: It is a prescribed export condition in relation to the export of prescribed meat or meat products that a person prescribed by section 8‑2 must have given the Secretary, at the time prescribed by this section, a notice of intention to export a consignment of, or including, the prescribed meat or meat products (see item 7 of the table in section 2‑4).

Part 2—Trade descriptions

8‑5  Purpose of this Part
  For the purposes of section 248 of the Act, this Part makes provision for and in relation to trade descriptions for prescribed meat or meat products that are intended to be exported.
Note: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person engages in conduct that contravenes a provision in this Part (see section 249 of the Act).

8‑6  General requirements for trade descriptions
 (1) A trade description applied to prescribed meat or meat products must:
 (a) be accurate and unambiguous; and
 (b) to the extent practicable, be securely attached; and
 (c) be legible; and
 (d) be prominent, conspicuous and not obscured in any way; and
 (e) to the extent practicable, be tamper evident.
Note 1: For guidance on the requirement for a trade description to be accurate, see the Australian Meat Industry Classification System.
Note 2: For applied, in relation to a trade description, see section 247 of the Act.
 (2) Information or pictures that are applied to prescribed meat or meat products in addition to the trade description must not be inconsistent with the information required to be included in the trade description under Subdivision D of Division 2 of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of this instrument (approved arrangements).
 (3) For the purposes of the requirement in paragraph (1)(a) for a trade description to be accurate:
 (a) the description "beef offal" is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from beef, veal or bull carcases; and
 (b) the description "pork offal" is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from pork, sow or boar carcases; and
 (c) the description "mutton offal" is taken to be accurate if it is applied to offal derived from mutton, lamb or ram carcases.
Note: For offal, see section 1‑5.

8‑7  Trade descriptions in language other than English
 (1) This