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Veterinary Chemical Control and Animal Feeding Stuffs Act 1976.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Western Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act — to provide for the control of the use of veterinary chemical products and the regulation of the sale of certain stock, stock products, and carcasses of stock treated with veterinary chemical products; to provide for the regulation of the sale and use of certain substances that promote, or are intended to promote, growth in stock and also of the sale of stock, or the carcasses of stock, which have been or are declared not to have been treated with a substance of that kind; to control and regulate the production, importation, treatment, preparation for sale, marketing, storage, and sale of animal feeding stuffs, and for incidental and other purposes. [Long title inserted by No. 76 of 2004 s. 3]
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Equine-animals Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Inspection Monitoring Internal trade International trade Meat Food additives Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Animal health Animal feed/feedstuffs Animal production Institution Drugs Vaccination
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 68 sections divided into ten Parts, provide for the control of the use of veterinary chemical products and the regulation of the sale of certain stock, stock products, and carcasses of stock treated with veterinary chemical products; to provide for the regulation of the sale and use of certain substances that promote, or are intended to promote, growth in stock and also of the sale of stock, or the carcasses of stock, which have been or are declared not to have been treated with a substance of that kind; to control and regulate the production, importation, treatment, preparation for sale, marketing, storage, and sale of animal feeding stuff. This Act applies to: a) all animal feeding stuffs, not being basic feed to which no other thing is added, and whether contained in a mixture or compound or otherwise, including bulk consignments; b) prescribed substances; c) subject to subsection (4), veterinary chemical products, produced in or imported into the State and sold in the State whether by wholesale or retail. The objects of Part VA are: a) to make provision for the control and regulation of certain substances that are intended to promote growth in: (i) cattle; or (ii) any other animal prescribed as an animal to which that Part applies; and b) for that purpose, to regulate the sale to a market to which that Part applies of stock, or the carcasses of stock, which have been or are declared not to have been treated with a substance of that kind.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.wa.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Veterinary Chemical Control Regulations 2006.

Legislation | Australia | 2006 (2022)

Keyword: Vaccination, Drugs, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Certification, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014.

Legislation | Australia | 2017 (2021)

Keyword: Toxicity/poisoning, Drugs, Animal health, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Pesticides, Hazardous substances, Public health, Certification, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX