(1) Part 18 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in Chapter 2 -

(a) in subsection (1) of section 530, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "meat processing operations":

"'meat processing operations' means operations of any of the following descriptions -

(a) the slaughter of cattle, sheep, pigs, domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea-fowl, ducks or geese,

(b) the catching of domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea-fowl, ducks or geese,

(c) the division (including cutting or boning), sorting, packaging (including vacuum packaging), rewrapping or branding of, or the application of any other similar process to, the carcasses or any Part of the carcasses (including meat) of slaughtered cattle, sheep, pigs, domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea-fowl, ducks or geese,

(d) the application of methods of preservation (including cold storage) to the carcasses or any Part of the carcasses (including meat) of slaughtered cattle, sheep, pigs, domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea-fowl, ducks or geese,

(e) the loading or unloading of the carcasses or Part of the carcasses (including meat) of slaughtered cattle, sheep, pigs, domestic fowl, turkeys, guinea-fowl, ducks or geese at any establishment where any of the operations referred to in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) are carried on,