Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations regarding the Classification and Marking of Meat intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Marking of Carcasses

19. Roller-marking of calf carcasses
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(1) The roller-mark for a calf carcass shall indicate the following:
(a) Age class.
(b) Abattoir-identification code.

 

(2) In the case of a calf carcass —
(a) the roller-mark shall be applied with brown ink; and
(b) the age class shall be indicated by the alternating symbols "CALF" and "KALF".

 

(3)
(a) The twelve rows of symbols in the roller-mark for a calf carcass shall be composed as follows:
(i) The age class shall appear at least eight times.
(ii) The abattoir-identification code shall appear at least four times.
(b)If a quality indication does appear in the roller-mark, the age class shall appear at least six times and the abattoir-identification code shall appear at least four times: Provided that the quality indication may in addition be stamped onto the carcass or used on its own as a stamp.