STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 65.

REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1950.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-1950.

Dated this twentythird day of September, 1956.

J. Northcott

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Donald A. Cameron

Minister of State for Health.

Amendment of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.†

Meat, edible parts of animals, &c.

Regulation 82 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Meat, edible parts of animals” and inserting in their stead the words “Meat and edible parts of animals (other than cooked meats and cooked edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins)”; and

(b) by inserting, after that sub-regulation, the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) Cooked meats and cooked and edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins shall not be landed unless there has been produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer—

(a) a certificate by a Government veterinary surgeon certifying—

(i) that the goods were derived from animals slaughtered for human consumption in the country in which the certificate is issued;

(ii) that the animals from which the goods were derived were subjected to ante mortem and post mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter and were free from contagious and infectious disease; and

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 71, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1956, No. 36.

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(iii) that the goods were not exposed to infection prior to exportation; and

(b) a declaration by the manufacturer stating—

(i) that, in the course of manufacture, every portion of the contents of the cans or tins has been heated to a temperature of not less than 100° Centigrade; and

(ii) the temperature of the heat used for that purpose and the length of time for which it was used,

which has been endorsed by a Government veterinary surgeon or other responsible Government officer in the country of manufacture with a certificate certifying that he is familiar with the process of manufacture of the goods and that he has no reason to doubt the truth of the declaration.”.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.