In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears –

Act means the Animal Health Act 1995 ;

bag includes a container or package;

commercially sterile , in relation to pet food, means pet food that is free from micro-organisms that are capable of growing in or on the pet food in the conditions that the pet food is likely to be subjected to during its storage and distribution;

fowl means a domesticated fowl of the genus Gallus ;

manufactured animal feed means animal feed that is used or intended to be used as feed for animals and has undergone a manufacturing process, but does not include hay, straw, chaff or any animal feed that consists entirely of milk or products derived from milk;

meal means –

(a) any meal made by rendering material of animal origin using a process that complies with the Rendering Standard; or

(b) meal made entirely from plant material;

offal means the whole, or any part, of the contents of the thoracic, abdominal or pelvic cavities of any cattle, sheep, goats or pigs;

Rendering Standard means the Australian Standard entitled Australian Standard for Hygienic Rendering of Animal Products (SCARM Report Number 76) AS5008:2001 published by Standards Australia on 8 October 2001, as amended or substituted from time to time;

restricted animal material means an animal product, or meal made from an animal product, derived from a bird, mammal or fish;

tallow means a product (including, but not limited to, a product known as tallow, yellow grease or acid oil) that –

(a) contains –

(i) rendered fats and oils from an animal; or

(ii) used cooking oil filtered or otherwise treated to remove visible particulate matter; and

(b) contains a combination of insoluble impurities and moisture that does not exceed 2% of the volume of the product;

thermally treated means treated by the application of a thermal process of lethality that is equivalent to one minute at 100 degrees Celsius at the slowest heating point within the product that is being treated.