✨ Food Processing Standards
20 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4669
Crocodile Meat for Human Consumption, 1993, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
(3) A person must not sell as food any part of the carcass of the family Crocodylidae that is not crocodile meat.
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Editorial note for New Zealand:
For New Zealand purposes, processing requirements for crocodile meat are regulated under the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Food Act 1981.
7 Game meat
(1) In this clause -
game meat means the whole or part of the carcass of any bird, buffalo, camel, deer, donkey, goat, hare, horse, kangaroo, rabbit, pig, possum or wallaby that has been slaughtered in the wild state, but does not include avian eggs, foetuses, parts of foetuses or pouch young.
game meat flesh means skeletal game meat muscle, including any attached fat, connective tissue, nerve, blood, blood vessels and, in the case of birds, skin.
game offal means game meat other than game meat flesh.
(2) Game meat, except game birds, must be obtained -
(a) from a game carcass which has been subjected to governmentally approved post mortem inspection; or
(b) in accordance with a governmentally approved quality assurance program designed to ensure that the game meat is fit for human consumption.
(3) Game meat offal, except for bone or cartilage attached to game meat flesh, must not be sold as or used in the preparation of food.
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Editorial note for New Zealand:
For New Zealand purposes, processing requirements for game meat are regulated under the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Food Act 1981.
8 Fermented comminuted processed meat
(1) In this clause -
comminuted means chopped, diced or minced.
mechanically separated meat means meat that has been separated from bone by a mechanical process that results in comminuted meat.
rendered trimmings means the cooked meat fractions derived from the rendering of meat trimmings, excluding ligamentum nuchae.
(2) A fermented comminuted processed meat is heat treated if it has had its core temperature maintained at 55°C for a period of at least 20 minutes, or an equivalent combination of time and higher temperature.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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