Publication details
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, March 2026
This suite of documents set out the department’s operational requirements to ensure that livestock and wild game processed at export registered establishments are suitable for human consumption. They complement the Approved Arrangement Guidelines – Meat and Wild Game and are supported by the underlying export meat operational reference materials.
Guidelines
General requirements
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- Export meat operational guideline: 3.9 Sourcing of livestock and wild game (PDF 444 KB)
- Export meat operational guideline: 3.9 Sourcing of livestock and wild game (DOCX 534 KB)
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Reference documents
Hormonal growth promotant risk management
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- Export Meat Operational Reference: 3.9c Sourcing of cattle to comply with importing country hormone growth promotant free requirements (PDF 640 KB)
- Export Meat Operational Reference: 3.9c Sourcing of cattle to comply with importing country hormone growth promotant free requirements (DOCX 828 KB)
- HGP compliance critical incident report form (DOCX 89 KB)
Cysticercus bovis risk management
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- Export meat operational reference: 3.9a Cysticercus bovis risk management (PDF 485 KB)
- Export meat operational reference: 3.9a Cysticercus bovis risk management (DOCX 952 KB)
Cadmium residue risk management
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- Export Meat Operational Reference: 3.9b Complying with importing country requirements relating to cadmium levels in liver and kidney (PDF 682 KB)
- Export Meat Operational Reference: 3.9b Complying with importing country requirements relating to cadmium levels in liver and kidney (DOCX 578 KB)
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