When your dairy product is exported to an importing country,
the receiving country will assess your product for compliance.
If your dairy product meets the requirements, it will gain entry.
If not, you may need to provide further information in order to gain entry.
If the receiving country is not satisfied that your product meets their requirements,
it may be rejected.
Some basic principles around meeting importing country requirements are
meeting the export legislation
giving notice that you want to export dairy product,
then having an export permit and health certificate issued
ensuring your staff have access to needed information,
including contact details for departments documentation staff
and your own freight forwarders,
ensuring that staff are trained adequately
and are aware of importing country requirement processes,
including in your approved arrangement which countries you intend to export to
and how you will meet their particular requirements.
Your Approved Arrangement must include importing country requirement details
comprising the country names,
the products that might be exported,
the processes needed to be performed,
such as microbiological testing,
chemical testing or specific labels needed
and records of compliance needed to be kept for each shipment or batch of product exported,
also included in your Approved Arrangement you must
ensure that product identity is kept regarding country eligibility,
as product may be eligible for some countries and not others,
like product labels for some countries requirements,
may not meet requirements for other countries.
Document if you intend to send dairy products to a country
that requires sealing with a government seal
and document how you will keep relevant records.
Some countries require your establishment to be registered
and approved under their specific country listings
to import products.
This is in addition to demonstrating compliance to their importing country requirements.
To find out if your importing country requires your site to be listed to gain entry,
please check Micor or contact us.
If you make dairy products to meet an importing country's requirements,
that country's name must be included in the relevant transfer document
when the product is moved from your site to another approved site.
Your Approved Arrangement needs to link importing country requirements
to issuing of your export permit and health certificate.
An importing country may require
an Australian government seal to be applied to the Australian dairy products shipping
or sea container before it leaves Australia.
This requirement will be included in Micor for that particular country.
Records showing compliance with importing country requirements needs to be kept by you,
and if you are the exporter, you are required to keep a copy of the health certificate.
Complying with your importing country is of the utmost importance,
both for your company's benefit
and also to help maintain market access for the Australian dairy industry.
Reach out to us if you are still unsure.