Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/25)
Character Range: 275336–277964

the Act.

8‑27  Circumstances in which official mark must not be applied to meat or meat products

Official marks generally
 (1) A person must not apply an official mark to meat or meat products if:
 (a) the meat or meat products are not wholesome; or
 (b) the meat or meat products have deteriorated; or
 (c) the integrity of the meat or meat products cannot be ensured.
Note: For requirements to ensure the integrity of prescribed meat or meat products, see section 5‑33.

Halal meat official marks
 (2) A person must not apply a Halal meat official mark to meat or meat products 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.
Note: For requirements to ensure the integrity of Halal meat, see section 5‑35.

Foreign country identification official marks and European Union official marks
 (3) A person must not apply a foreign country identification official mark or a European Union official mark to meat or meat products 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.
Note: For the foreign country identification mark, see section 8‑13. For the European Union official mark, see section 8‑18.

8‑28  Alteration of and interference with official marks
  A person may alter, or interfere with, an official mark (whether or not it has been applied to any meat or meat products) only if:
 (a) the alteration or interference is required or permitted by this instrument; or
 (b) the person is an authorised officer or a person acting in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer; or
 (c) the person is designated in an approved arrangement as a person who may alter or interfere with an official mark and the alteration or interference is in accordance with the arrangement; or
 (d) the Secretary has given the person a written approval to alter or interfere with an official mark at a specified registered establishment and in relation to specified meat or meat products, and the alteration or interference is in accordance with the approval.
Note 1: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.
Note 2: A person may 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