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Inedible Rendering Facility Licence
What you need to know about an Inedible Rendering licence.
Summary
- The law requires you to have a licence to render inedible meat and offal for sale.
- An inedible rendering facility is a facility that processes inedible meat and offal by rendering it (heating/drying) into products that cannot be eaten by people.
What you can do with an Inedible Rendering licence
Get an Inedible Rendering Licence to render (heat dry) inedible meat and offal into products that cannot be eaten by people to then sell.
PrimeSafe issues this licence under the Meat Industry Act 1993.
What you can’t do with an Inedible Rendering licence
You cannot:
- slaughter animals (get an Abattoir licence).
- slaughter poultry (get a Poultry Processing Facility licence).
- slaughter game (get a Game Meat Processing licence).
- render edible meat and offal to be sold for human consumption (get a Prime Tallow Processing Facility licence).
You cannot transport meat or seafood (get a Meat Transport Vehicle licence).
PrimeSafe licence conditions require all meat processing facilities to comply with relevant Australian and Victorian standards and guidelines.
The Australian Standard for Hygienic Rendering of Animal Products (AS 5008:2007) describes the requirements for inedible rendering of animal products.
When we give you a licence, you need to meet the licence conditions. Get help from us if you don’t understand your licence conditions.
There are things your business needs to do before we can give you a licence. To learn about preparing your business before you apply and how to apply, read Apply for a licence.
Inedible Rendering facilities are audited in the first week after opening and then every week until their Quality Assurance Program is fully implemented. Inedible rendering facilities then have audits once every year.
Audits are conducted by a PrimeSafe approved auditor.
Find out about Audits.
There is an application fee when you apply for a new licence.
There is an annual fee to hold a licence that you pay each year in June.
There are other charges when you hold a licence with PrimeSafe.
You may have to pay a fine if you do not meet your licence conditions.
PrimeSafe follows the Department of Treasury and Finance’s guideline for setting fees and charges.
Our current fees
The annual fee for an inedible rendering facility is pro rata. This means that in the first year you will only pay for the length of time you have had the licence.
The current fees for an inedible rendering facility licence are:
- $1,391 – Application fee
- $2,782 – Annual fee.
Calculate the total cost to apply today for a licence
To apply for an Inedible Rendering licence you need to pay:
- the application fee (paid once only)
- the licence fee (paid when you first apply and then every year in June).
The amount you pay when you apply depends upon the time left until the licence is renewed in June (pro rata).
Use the Fee Calculator to see what you will pay today to apply for a licence.
All PrimeSafe fees are GST exempt so we will not give you a tax invoice when you pay.
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Standards and guidelines that apply
Use this standard to process, store and transport rendered animal products for human consumption and pet food.
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