APPENDIX 3

Food Standard 2.2.1 Meat and Meat Products

11        Bovine meat and meat products must be derived from animals free from bovine spongiform encephalopathy 

(1)  In this clause –  minor ingredient means an ingredient that comprises no more than 300 g/kg of the food. 
(2)  Subject to subclause (3), bovine meat and food ingredients derived from bovines must be derived from animals free from bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
(3)  Subclause (2) does not apply to–

(a)  collagen from bovine skins and hides (including sausage casings produced from this type of collagen); and
(b)  a minor ingredient of a processed product, where that ingredient comprises – 

(i)  bovine fat; and/or
(ii)  bovine tallow; and 

(c)  gelatine sourced from bovine skins and hides; and
(d) dairy products sourced from bovines.

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