π’ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - Meat Division
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This division has been documented as a Head Office as it had significant autonomy and a network of regional officers reporting directly to it.
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- Directory of Official Information 1985, State Services Commission, 1985.
- New Zealand Statutes 1964, Volume 1, Government Printer, Wellington, 1965.
- New Zealand Statutes 1981, Volume 2, Government Printer, Wellington, 1982.
- Nightingale, Tony, White Collars and Gumboots: A History of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1892-1992, The Dunmore Press Limited, Palmerston North, 1992 .
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry website, http://www.maf.govt.nz/ (accessed 29 April 2009).
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Meat Division came into existence on 1 September 1972, and inherited the functions of the former Meat Division of the Department of Agriculture.
Functions and Responsibilities
The main purpose of the Meat Division was to carry out functions that ensured that meat, game, game meat, export fish, poultry, and rabbits, and all such by-products, met inspection and hygiene standards and requirements of regulations and directives made under the Meat Act, and (in relation to exports) of overseas importing countries. The Division also ensured that the grading of meat for local consumption was carried out in accordance with regulations and standards under NZS84031. These functions included:
- the inspection of abattoirs and rural slaughterhouses;
- grading of meat for local consumption;
- post mortem inspection of meat;
- monitoring and containment of contagious and exotic diseases;
- preparation of legislation;
- investigation into technical background of all aspects of production, quality assurance, and storage of products;
- the licensing of any premises for slaughter, dressing, or processing flesh products (meat, game, fish, poultry, rabbits); and
- the licensing of game exports2.
The Division was also responsible for the registration of the following:
- meat export premises, canneries, and cold stores;
- abattoirs, rural slaughterhouses, and custom killing premises;
- deer slaughter premises;
- game packing houses and depots;
- fish packing houses, depots, and whole and limited processing vessels;
- by-products and margarine works;
- petfood slaughterhouses and factories;
- casing factories3.
Structure
The Meat Division was headed by a Director, who was responsible for its day-to-day operations (under the section 3 of the Meat Act 1981 the Director was required to be a registered veterinary surgeon). The Director in turn was responsible to the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries through one of three Assistant Directors-General.
Regional Meat Veterinarians were based in Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Under their control were Veterinarians and Meat Inspectors and Graders.
Disestablishment
In March 1987 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was restructured and its ten divisions were reorganised into four business groups. The majority of the Meat Division's functions were absorbed by MAF Quality Management3.
- p.517, Directory of Official Information 1985.
- ibid.
- ibid, pp.517-518.
- p.239, White Collars and Gumboots, Nightingale.
Show History
Establishment
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Meat Division came into existence on 1 September 1972, and inherited the functions of the former Meat Division of the Department of Agriculture.
Functions and Responsibilities
The main purpose of the Meat Division was to carry out functions that ensured that meat, game, game meat, export fish, poultry, and rabbits, and all such by-products, met inspection and hygiene standards and requirements of regulations and directives made under the Meat Act, and (in relation to exports) of overseas importing countries. The Division also ensured that the grading of meat for local consumption was carried out in accordance with regulations and standards under NZS84031. These functions included:
- the inspection of abattoirs and rural slaughterhouses;
- grading of meat for local consumption;
- post mortem inspection of meat;
- monitoring and containment of contagious and exotic diseases;
- preparation of legislation;
- investigation into technical background of all aspects of production, quality assurance, and storage of products;
- the licensing of any premises for slaughter, dressing, or processing flesh products (meat, game, fish, poultry, rabbits); and
- the licensing of game exports2.
The Division was also responsible for the registration of the following:
- meat export premises, canneries, and cold stores;
- abattoirs, rural slaughterhouses, and custom killing premises;
- deer slaughter premises;
- game packing houses and depots;
- fish packing houses, depots, and whole and limited processing vessels;
- by-products and margarine works;
- petfood slaughterhouses and factories;
- casing factories3.
Structure
The Meat Division was headed by a Director, who was responsible for its day-to-day operations (under the section 3 of the Meat Act 1981 the Director was required to be a registered veterinary surgeon). The Director in turn was responsible to the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries through one of three Assistant Directors-General.
Regional Meat Veterinarians were based in Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Under their control were Veterinarians and Meat Inspectors and Graders.
Disestablishment
In March 1987 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was restructured and its ten divisions were reorganised into four business groups. The majority of the Meat Division's functions were absorbed by MAF Quality Management3.
- p.517, Directory of Official Information 1985.
- ibid.
- ibid, pp.517-518.
- p.239, White Collars and Gumboots, Nightingale.
This division has been documented as a Head Office as it had significant autonomy and a network of regional officers reporting directly to it.
- Directory of Official Information 1985, State Services Commission, 1985.
- New Zealand Statutes 1964, Volume 1, Government Printer, Wellington, 1965.
- New Zealand Statutes 1981, Volume 2, Government Printer, Wellington, 1982.
- Nightingale, Tony, White Collars and Gumboots: A History of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1892-1992, The Dunmore Press Limited, Palmerston North, 1992 .
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry website, http://www.maf.govt.nz/ (accessed 29 April 2009).
- Meat Amendment Act 1980
- Meat Amendment Act (No.2) 1976
- Meat Amendment Act 1975
- Meat Amendment Act (No.2) 1975
- Meat Amendment Act 1976
- Meat Amendment Act 1966
- Meat Amendment Act 1978
- Meat Amendment Act 1982
- Meat Amendment Act 1972
- Meat Amendment Act 1983
- Public Finance Act 1977
- Meat Amendment Act 1973
- Meat Amendment Act 1974
- Meat Amendment Act 1985
- Meat Amendment Act 1979
- Meat Act 1964
- Meat Amendment Act 1968
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1953
- Meat Act 1981
- Local Government Amendment Act 1979
- Veterinary Surgeons Act 1956
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- π’ Department of Agriculture - Meat Division (1972 ‑ )
- π’ MAF Quality Management, Head Office (1987 ‑ )
- πΌ Meat and Meat Products Inspection (1900 ‑ )
- π’ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Head Office (1972 ‑ 1987)
- π Realm of New Zealand (1972 ‑ 1987)