You will be required to notify the Council if you intend to operate an animal food meat processing establishment or a knackery.
A animal food meat processing establishment is where the carcasses of animals are processed, identified, handled, packed or stored. A knackery is an establishment where animals are slaughtered for pet meat.
Animals that are used in a pet meat processing establishment or knackery include:
- buffalo
- camel
- cattle
- donkey
- emu
- goat
- horse
- kangaroo
- mule
- pig
- poultry
- rabbit
- sheep.
This notification will also authorise you to sell unpackaged pet meat (provided the storage container used for the meat complies with the regulations).