Minimum requirements for approved arrangMinimum requirements for approved arrangements

Minimum requirements for approved arrangements

2.1 An arrangement for the preparation of milk and milk products at an establishment that is required for the purposes of order 31 of these Orders must cover each step of the preparation of milk and milk products for export undertaken at the establishment and must:

(a) contain a HACCP plan that complies with clause 3 of this Schedule; and

(b) document the controls used to ensure that the applicable requirements of these Orders (other than a requirement of Schedule 3) are complied with; and

(c) identify the applicable importing country requirements and document the controls used to ensure compliance with these requirements; and

(d) document any other measures necessary to ensure there is a sound basis for giving any export permit or issuing any government certificate for milk and milk products prepared at the establishment.

Note 1 For the requirement for the occupier to have an approved arrangement see order 31.

Note 2 For the meaning of export permit, government certificate, HACCP and importing country requirement see order 7.

Note 3 For requirements for ascertaining export eligibility to identified markets see clause 29 of Schedule 5. For the issue of a government certificate required by an importing country authority see Part 2 of Schedule 9.

2.2 Paragraph 2.1 (c) applies only to each importing country requirement for which compliance with these Orders would not be sufficient to result in compliance with the importing country requirement.

Note 1 For example subclause 2.2 refers to importing country requirements that are in addition to or more stringent than the requirements of these Orders.

Note 2 For regulatory arrangements where compliance with an importing country requirement would not result in compliance with these Orders see order 79.