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All meat and seafood processing facilities are required to undertake third party audits. Audit frequencies for each licence type are listed below.

Meat Facilities 

Licence categories	Annual audit frequency
Abattoir Game Meat Processing Facility Pet Meat Processing Facility	Every 3 months (quarterly)
Retail Butcher Shop* Further Meat Processing Facility* Prime Tallow Processing Facility Inedible Rendering Facility Pet Food Establishment	Every six months (biannual)

* Retail Butcher Shops and Further Meat Processing Facilities that manufacture smallgoods will require quarterly audits.

Seafood Facilities

Seafood businesses require one audit a year. Any seafood processing facilities that process meat require audits on a biannual basis and any seafood processing facilities that manufacture smallgoods require audits on a quarterly basis.