Victorian Consolidated Regulations

MEAT INDUSTRY REGULATIONS 2015 - REG 15

    (1)     This regulation applies to pet food containing meat.

    (2)     The licensee of a pet food processing facility must ensure that pet food packaged for sale at the facility is labelled—

        (a)     in accordance with subregulations (3) and (4); or

        (b)     in a manner approved by the Authority under subregulation (5).

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

    (3)     Pet food is labelled in accordance with this subregulation if the package containing the pet food bears a label that—

        (a)     is written legibly and in English; and

        (b)     includes a picture of the whole of the body, or the head, of a dog or a cat.

    (4)     Pet food is labelled in accordance with this subregulation if the words "pet food only", or words to similar effect, are marked conspicuously, legibly and in capital letters—

        (a)     on one end of the can in which the food is packaged; or

        (b)     if the food is not packaged in a can, on the packaging.

    (5)     On application by a licensee of a pet food processing facility, the Authority may approve an alternative manner of labelling to be used at that facility for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b).