Animal Feed and Labelling Standards - Western Australia

Description

You will need to comply with these standards if you intend to manufacture animal feed, excluding feed for cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rodents, domestic aquarium fish and aviary birds. These standards contain requirements regarding:

  • which hormones and antibiotics are not to be used in feed
  • the maximum allowable contaminant levels of harmful substances (such as lead and mercury)
  • the permitted levels of chemicals and additives
  • labelling of animal feed products that are sold in quantities of 5kg or more.

The schedules in the regulations contain specific information on allowable limits of chemicals and prohibited substances.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources Important
Comply All Stockfeed Labelling (Opens in new window) Important

Act(s) name

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Agriculture Standards) Regulations 2013 Western Australia

Administering agency

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Agriculture and Food

Contact details

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