17Contents of and requirements for risk management programmes

1. A risk management programme must—

2. be in writing in a form acceptable to the Director-General:
3. specify the name and address (including the electronic address, if available) of—
   1. the operator whose programme it is; and
   2. the animal product business or businesses covered by the programme:
4. identify—
   1. the animal material or animal product being produced or processed; and
   2. the premises or place to which the programme applies; and
   3. any other businesses to which the programme applies (if it does not apply only to the business of the person applying for registration).

5. A risk management programme must—

6. set out the procedures the operator will use for identifying, controlling, managing, eliminating, or minimising risk factors:
7. describe the steps the operator will take to confirm that the programme is working effectively:
8. make provision in relation to tracing and recalling animal material and animal products as required by regulations made under section 77C or any supplementary notice:
9. provide for appropriate corrective actions (including recall) to be undertaken where animal material or animal products may be not fit for intended purpose or not in accordance with its labelling or identification:
10. provide for appropriate and auditable documentation, record keeping, and reporting, including as required by—
    1. regulations made under section 77H(1) or any supplementary notice; or
    2. any notice referred to in section 77H(2):
11. make provision in relation to verification as required by regulations made under section 77F or any supplementary notice:
12. as appropriate to the operations under the risk management programme, contain the matters specified in, and otherwise comply with—
    1. any relevant animal product standards, other regulations, and supplementary notices; and
    2. any other notices issued by the Director-General under section 167 (including location of reference material and documents recording specific procedures).

13. A risk management programme must comply with any regulations or supplementary notice requiring it to be differentiated from other information kept by the operator and prescribing how this must be done.

14. In relation to hazards (and without limiting the requirements of subsection (2)), a risk management programme must demonstrate that the following matters have also been taken into account in its development:

15. systematic identification of any hazards, and determination of the significance of those hazards, involved in the production and processing of animal material or product covered by the risk management programme:
16. determination of the points at which the hazards of significance identified in paragraph (a) occur, and the processes or procedures to best control them:
17. establishment of acceptable parameters of the processes or procedures at the points determined in paragraph (b):
18. establishment of monitoring procedures to demonstrate control at the points determined in paragraph (b):
19. identification of the action that will be taken if any parameters established for the risk management programme are not achieved:
20. establishment of procedures for the ongoing confirmation that the risk management programme is effective in managing the hazards:
21. appropriate and auditable documentation and record keeping.

22. Repealed

23. A risk management programme may contain, as a component part, an appropriate food control plan within the meaning of the Food Act 2014 or components of a national programme.

Notes

• Section 17(1)(b): substituted, on 26 September 2002, by section 12(1) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
• Section 17(1)(c)(ii): amended, on 26 September 2002, by section 12(2) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
• Section 17(1)(c)(iii): added, on 26 September 2002, by section 12(2) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
• Section 17(2)(ba): inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2)(c): replaced, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2)(d): replaced, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2)(da): inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2)(e)(i): replaced, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2)(e)(ii): amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(3) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(2A): inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(4) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(4): repealed, on 2 March 2018, by section 69(5) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
• Section 17(5): amended, on 1 March 2016, by section 447 of the Food Act 2014 (2014 No 32).