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Meat Products
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Egg products
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Seafood
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Horticulture
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Dairy Products
The State’s Meat Food Safety Scheme was introduced in 2002 and is one of the first schemes for Queensland.
Queensland’s meat industry encompasses a diverse range of production and processing activities, including slaughtering, meat processing and wild game harvesting. It also covers the manufacture of ready-to-eat products, such as smallgoods and the production and processing of poultry meat.
The Queensland Egg Food Safety Scheme has been in place since 2005.
The National Egg Standard developed by Foods Standards Australia New Zealand and introduced in late 2012 is modelled on the Queensland Egg Scheme.
Queensland’s egg industry is comprised of both a number of large processing and distribution businesses, as well as approximately 86 egg production farms.
The seafood scheme was introduced in 2009 and was the first Food Safety Scheme to adopt, in its entirety, a Primary Production and Processing Standard from chapter 4 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
Queensland seafood has long had a world-class reputation and the industry is a major contributor to export income. Safe Food engages with around 200 seafood processors, cold stores, fishing vessels and aquaculture farms (eg. oyster farmers).
The National Primary Production & Processing (PPP) Standard for Seed Sprouts came into effect on 12 July 2013.
Based on an evaluation of risk conducted by Safe Food, a new scheme was introduced for horticulture covering only seed sprouts in order for Queensland to meet its obligations in relation to the adoption of the National Standard.
The Food Safety Scheme for Dairy Produce started on 1 January 2003 with the introduction of the first iteration of the Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014.
The Scheme outlines the food safety requirements for the production and processing of dairy products in Queensland. It also gives effect to the National Standards for Primary Production and Processing of Dairy Products and Specific Cheeses (Standards 4.2.4 and 4.2.4A of the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code).
An accreditation is required for the following activities:
An accreditation is not required for the following activities:
The Meat and Meat Products Scheme provides for the following categories of accreditation. If you undertake multiple activities you may require more than one accreditation.
You need this accreditation if you are processing meat in any way. Processing includes slaughtering animals to produce meat or meat products. Processing meat or meat products includes chilling, curing, drying, freezing, packaging or smoking the meat or meat products.
You need this accreditation if you are storing meat under refrigeration to extend the storage life of the product, but are not involved in any form of processing of the product.
You need this accreditation if you are processing meat or meat products and you predominately supply meat from retail premises. For example, butcher shops and supermarkets.
You need this accreditation if you use a premise for refrigerating and storing of wild game but do not process it.
You need this accreditation if you refrigerate and transport wild game carcasses to a field depot or processor. Mobile Field Depots must be fitted with suitable equipment to monitor locations of time and temperature. Details of these requirements are available from Safe Food.
You need this accreditation if you transport chilled meat or meat products between any premises (including to the back dock of a retail outlet, manufacturer or a commercial user who prepares meat and meat products).
You need this accreditation if you kill wild animals for meat such as macropods (e.g. kangaroos) or wild boar for supply to a wild game meat processor.
A note for wild boar harvesters:
It is a requirement when applying for an accreditation to harvest wild game that the applicant provide evidence of holding the necessary DERM licence to field harvest macropods. In situations where applicants wish to ONLY harvest wild boar, the following requirements will apply:
An accreditation is required for the following activities:
An accreditation is not required for the following activities:
*Queensland Health and your local government look after the retail sale of eggs under the Food Act 2006
The Egg Scheme provides for the following categories of accreditation:
An egg processor is any person who undertakes one or more of the following activities:
An egg producer is any person who produces eggs for supply. A producer can do one or more of the following in relation to their own eggs:
The term ‘preferred supplier arrangement’ identifies a special supply arrangement related to eggs.
The PSA allows approved egg producers to supply eggs exclusively to a single egg processor as agreed by both parties.
A producer who is operating under a PSA cannot supply eggs to anyone else other than the egg processor identified in their accreditation application and management statement.
An accreditation is required for the following activities:
An accreditation is not required for the following activities:
The Seafood Scheme provides for the following categories of accreditation:
A wild animal harvester accreditation ONLY authorises the harvesting and supply of whole, green product. No form of processing (including gilling, gutting, filleting and cooking) can be undertaken onboard a boat under a wild animal harvester accreditation.
A producer accreditation allows limited forms of processing such as gilling, gutting, filleting and cooking onboard a boat.
All land-based processing of seafood requires a processor accreditation under the Seafood Scheme (other than where you are solely retailing). You will also require appropriate authorisation from your Local Council to undertake the activities at that site (town planning permission). Safe Food will need to see evidence of that Council authorisation prior to approving the issue of a processor accreditation.
An accreditation is required for the production of horticulture scheme produce, including, for example, the following:
An accreditation is not required for the following activities:
The Horticulture Scheme provides for the following categories of accreditation:
Processors who are involved with the decontamination of seed or seed sprouts; soaking of seed; germination or growth of seed; harvest of seed sprouts; or washing, drying or packing of seed sprouts are required to be accredited with Safe Food.
An accreditation is required for the following activities:
An accreditation is not required for the following activities:
The Dairy Scheme provides for the following categories of accreditation:
A processor accreditation allows processing of dairy produce received from an accredited dairy producer (e.g. unpasteurised milk) or other accredited processors. It also includes the transportation of product from dairy to a factory, factory to factory or to a depot.
A producer accreditation authorises the production and supply of raw (unpasteurised) milk. It is a condition of all dairy producer accreditations issued by Safe Food that all milk produced must only be supplied to an accredited dairy processor.
Note: If you hold an export registration with AQIS you must be accredited with Safe Food for processing of dairy to comply with Queensland law. You will also be required to submit a food safety program or management statement.