... offence where his conduct was involuntary, just as he/she could not be convicted of an offence requiring mens rea or negligence, he/she maybe convicted even though the prohibited consequence was caused inadvertently and in a totally blameless way, such as in "Callow v. Tillstone 1900 where a veterinary surgeon was charged with aiding and abetting the exposure for the sale by a butcher, of inedible meat. The surgeon performed an examination upon the carcass at the butcher's request and certified it edible. However, the surgeon had performed the examination negligently meaning that the meat in the first place was completely inedible"3. The butcher was convicted of the strict liability offence of exposing the meat for sale. The surgeon's conviction however, was quashed, as he did no know the meat was inedible. For absolute liability to occur, the offence requires no mens rea and the defendant's actus reus need not be ...

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