Quality assurance programs
11 Quality assurance programs
(1) The holder of a licence or an applicant for a licence may apply to the Chief Inspector for approval of a draft quality assurance program, being an instrument specifying:
(a) procedures to be followed, in relation to a licence under this Act, for:
(i) the slaughtering, packaging, processing, dispatch and/or importation into an establishment of meat for human consumption; or
the production of pet meat or bait meat; and
(b) other matters connected with procedures to be performed under a licence or otherwise in relation to a licence.
(2) A licensee or an applicant for a licence may request assistance in the preparation and development of a draft quality assurance program and, on payment of the approved fee, the Chief Inspector, or a person approved for the purpose, may comply with the request.
(3) Where the Chief Inspector is satisfied that the procedures set out in a draft quality assurance program may be performed under the program in accordance with this Act, he or she may, by written notice, approve the quality assurance program in relation to a licence or a proposed licence.
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