5‑31 Information and declarations relati5‑31 Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products

5‑31 Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products

(1) If a consignment of prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products is transferred from a registered establishment (the transferring establishment) to another registered establishment (the receiving establishment), the following information and declarations must be given to the occupier of the receiving establishment: (a) a full description of the poultry meat or poultry meat products; (aa) the date or dates of slaughter of the poultry from which the poultry meat or poultry meat products were derived; (ab) the registered establishment (with the registration number) where the poultry from which the poultry meat or poultry meat products were derived were slaughtered; (b) information about storage conditions (that is, whether the poultry meat or poultry meat products are chilled, frozen or shelf‑stable); (c) the name, address and registration number of the transferring establishment; (d) the date or dates when operations to prepare the poultry meat or poultry meat products (other than storing, handling or loading) were last carried out before the transfer; (e) the quantity of poultry meat or poultry meat products in the consignment; (f) if the poultry meat or poultry meat products are in packages—the number and kind of packages; (g) the identification of the conveyance used to transport the poultry meat or poultry meat products; (h) a description of any means of security applied to the poultry meat or poultry meat products; (i) the name, address and registration number of the receiving establishment; (j) if operations to prepare the poultry meat or poultry meat products were carried out to meet importing country requirements of one or more countries—the name of each country; (k) a declaration stating: (i) that, at the date the declaration is made, the prescribed export conditions, and any other conditions that apply in relation to the poultry meat or poultry meat products under the Act, have been complied with and any importing country requirements relating to the poultry meat or poultry meat products are met; and (ii) any export market eligibility requirements for the relevant export market for the poultry meat or poultry meat products that are yet to be complied with; (l) a declaration stating that all of the information given in relation to the consignment is true and complete.

Note 1: For conveyance, see section 12 of the Act.

Note 2: See subsections (2) to (4) for matters relating to the declarations referred to in paragraphs (k) and (l) of this subsection.

(2) The information and declarations in relation to a consignment required to be given to the occupier of the receiving establishment under subsection (1) must: (a) be in writing and in a form approved by the Secretary; and (b) either: (i) be given to the occupier when the consignment leaves the transferring establishment; or (ii) accompany the consignment when it arrives at the receiving establishment.