Definitions

In these Regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say“boneless meat” means all deboned skeletal meat from carcasses and heads of cattle, calves, sheep, goats, swine; “critical” means those defects which are so extensive or numerous that they affect the wholesomeness and/or acceptability of the product; “defect” means blood clots, bruises, bone fragments, bone slivers, detached cartilage and ligaments, hide, hair, wool, parasites, lesions, pathological lesions, stains, and discoloured areas, ingesta, extraneous materials such as wool, metal, glass, paper, plastic, wild oat or grass beards, insects and suchlike, as specified in the Tables to these Regulations; “establishment” means any authorised slaughter house; “lot” means the meat from a group of one species or type (beef, veal, pork) of animals coming from the same source; “major” means those defects which are greater than minor defects but not so great or extensive as critical defects; Food and Drugs 5 “minor” means those defects which are such as to be insignificant and do not affect the quality or wholesomeness of the product.