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Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Rules 2021
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#### 5‑35 Verification of compliance with the Act and other matters
Matters that must be verified
(1) The holder of an approved arrangement must verify that carrying out export operations at a registered establishment in accordance with the approved arrangement will ensure compliance with the following:
(a) the applicable requirements of the Act;
(b) the conditions in Divisions 2 to 7 of this Part;
(c) section 5‑34 of this instrument (management practices, organisational structure, resources and personnel).
Record of verification
(2) A written record must be made of:
(a) the methods, procedures, tests, monitoring and other evaluations used to verify compliance with the matters referred to in subsection (1); and
(b) the results of the verification.
> Note: The holder of the approved arrangement must retain each record made under this subsection for at least 2 years (see subsection 11‑8(2)).
Inventory controls
(3) The necessary inventory controls must be used in verifying compliance with the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).
(4) The inventory controls must be in writing, comprehensive, and able to be audited under Part 1 of Chapter 9 of the Act and as required by section 5‑37 of this instrument.
(5) Without limiting subsection (4), the inventory controls must include the following:
(a) a record of:
(i) the numbers of poultry of different types slaughtered at the registered establishment in accordance with the approved arrangement, their origin and lot; and
(ii) poultry meat or poultry meat products received at the registered establishment in accordance with the approved arrangement (including their description and the quantities received of each description), their origin and their location at the establishment; and
(iii) prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products prepared for export at the registered establishment in accordance with the approved arrangement (including their description and the quantities prepared of each description), their item, lot, origin and location at the establishment; and
(iv) all poultry meat or poultry meat products removed from the registered establishment in accordance with the approved arrangement (including their description and the quantities removed of each description), preparation details and their destination; and
(v) all poultry meat or poultry meat products at the registered establishment that are not intended to be removed from the registered establishment (for example, poultry meat or poultry meat products no longer intended for export and destroyed at the establishment) (including their description and the quantities of each description);
(b) a reconciliation of poultry and prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products and records referred to in paragraph (a).
> Note: Examples of types of poultry are fowl, ducks, geese, turkeys and pigeons.