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Policy Statements - Animal Products

Policy statements are statements of clarification (that may include detailed procedures) to provide for a consistent understanding of how the Animal Products Act regime is to be interpreted and applied.

Exports

• Red Meat Inspection
• Ethical Basis of Certification
• Exporter Suspension / De-registration Procedure
• Overseas-based exporters: Registration refusal and deregistration

• Statement of Policy: Market Access and Official Assurances Principles (As signed off as the Pan-MAF Certification Principles by the SPS Forum, August 2006

Risk Management

• Approval of Templates, Models, Codes of Practice Statement Policy
• Independent evaluation and verification of risk management programmes
• Notice Exempting Egg Primary Processors from the need for an on-site assessment under the Animal Products (Accredited Evaluator Specifications) 2003
• Pre-registration assessment of risk management programme documentation
• Product outcomes from recognised HACCP plans or any recognised hazard identification and analysis processes
• Requirements for evaluation of risk management programmes under the streamlined approach

Animal Material Depots

• Animal Material Depots - Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2000

Animal Material Supply

• Farmed Mammals gone Feral: Supply for processing

Homekill and Recreational Catch

• Homekill and Recreational Catch
• Homekill: Interpretation of the phrase "same premises or place"

Verification

• Revocation of Verification Statements of Policy
• Supporting document to Verification 2005 Statement of Policy
• Verification 2005

Link to Notices/Specifications