​​​A declaration of compliance is a statement made by the manufacturer regarding the eligibility of the prescribed egg and egg products being exported.

The declaration must state the specific egg products being exported meets all the requirements of the Export Control (Egg and Egg Products) Rules 2021, and any specific importing country requirement. This shows the product is:

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment manages requirements for the approved arrangement (AA) that an establishment must have in place to be export registered.

An AA is a documented food safety management system, which describes how an establishment manages food safety and traceability.

Your AA must document how your establishment will comply with:

All facilities that produce, prepare or store eggs and egg products for export must be registered with us. This includes:

• Australian egg ingredient suppliers
• freight forwarders
• laying facilities that pack product for export
• manufacturers
• processors
• producers
• storage facilities
• any establishment where the goods are stored or loaded for export.

This excludes the wharf and airport terminal.

If you operate an export registered establishment, you must:

​​​The department is responsible for advising importing country authorities of instances where exported Australian food poses a food safety risk and has been subject to a recall, including trade recalls.

Export registered manufacturing establishments and exporters have legal responsibilities to provide advice to the department when these sit​uations occur. A different food recall system is in place for exported meat and meat products but these procedures apply to exports of:

When you are requesting an export permit using the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s Export Documentation System, you will need to include details of your product.

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