Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)NoticesEstablishment of Statutory Measure: Records and Returns by Abattoirs and other Role-Players in the Red Meat Industry1. Definitions |
In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, and unless the context otherwise indicates—
"designated animals"
for purposes of this notice, means cattle, sheep and goats;
"levy notice"
means any notice whereby a levy is imposed on designated animals and red meat, in terms of the Act;
"Levy Administrator"
means Meat Statutory Measure Services, the juristic person entrusted with the implementation, administration and enforcement of the statutory measure established in this notice;
"processing"
in relation to red meat, means altering the meat, other than cutting, portioning, dicing and mincing such meat, to enhance the meat, and "process" and "processes" shall have a corresponding meaning;
"red meat"
means any carcass or any part of a slaughtered and skinned designated animal, fresh or frozen which has not undergone any processing other than deboning, portioning, dicing, mincing, cooling or freezing;
"handled"
in relation to red meat, means deboning, portioning, dicing, mincing, cooling or freezing; and
"the Act"
means the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996) as amended.