Legislation for seafood processing

Specifications and notices

Bivalve molluscan shellfish

If you are involved with bivalve molluscan shellfish on marine or land-based farms or in the wild and subject to a regulated control scheme use the:

Animal Products Notice: Regulated Control Scheme – Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish for Human Consumption [PDF, 900 KB]

Products intended for human consumption

This notice applies to:

operators who process animal material and animal product for human consumption under risk management programmes
suppliers of animal material to those operators.

Animal Products Notice: Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption [PDF, 1.3 MB]

Fish product for export

This notice specifies the requirements that apply to all:

fish product intended for export with an official assurance
processors of fish product for export with an official assurance.

Animal Products (Fish Export Processing Requirements) Notice 2011 [PDF, 59 KB]

Recognised agencies and persons

This notice specifies the requirements that apply to recognised agencies and persons responsible for providing:

verification
other services to animal product businesses regulated under the Act (except for dairy processors).

Animal Products (Recognised Agencies and Persons Specifications) Notice 2015 [PDF, 343 KB]

Limited processing fishing vessels

If you operate a limited processing fishing vessel and export seafood directly from your vessel use:

Animal Products (Specifications for Limited Processing Fishing Vessels) Notice 2005 [PDF, 264 KB]

Animal Products (Regulated Control Scheme – Limited Processing Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001

Contaminant specifications and exemptions

Find contaminant specifications for animal material and animal products intended for human consumption:

Animal Products Notice: Contaminant Specifications [PDF, 864 KB]

Find exemptions from specified animal material and products from the "Animal Products Notice: Contaminant Specifications" for specified levels of contaminants for export to countries:

Animal Products Notice: Contaminant Specifications 60b Exemption [PDF, 218 KB]

Contaminant monitoring and surveillance

Contaminant sampling regimes, and competent person and laboratory requirements, for MPI's National Chemical Residues Programme are in the:

Animal Products Notice: Contaminant Monitoring and Surveillance [PDF, 223 KB]

E-cert fees

Fees are payable by the non-dairy animal product industry for use of MPI's E-cert system. The fees are based on the formula prescribed under the Animal Products (Fees, Charges and Levies) Regulations 2007 and are in the:

Animal Products Notice: Electronic Certification System Costs – Non-dairy Animal Product Industry [PDF, 174 KB]