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Animal Products - policy statements

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 [PDF 15KB]

Animal material supply

• Farmed mammals gone feral: Supply for processing [PDF 49KB]

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