Further Meat Processing Facility Licence

PrimeSafe licence conditions require all meat processing facilities to comply with relevant Australian and Victorian standards and guidelines. For:

• Fresh meat and smallgoods see the Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production and Transportation of Meat and Meat Products for Human Consumption (AS 4696:2007).
• Runners and casings see the Australian Standard for Hygienic Production of Natural Casings for Human Consumption (AS 4466:1997).
• Packaging ready-to-eat meat products see the Australian Meat Regulators Group Guidelines for the Management of Listeria.

When we give you a licence, you need to meet the licence conditions. Get help from us if you don’t understand your licence conditions.

There are things your business needs to do before we can give you a licence. To learn about preparing your business before you apply and how to apply, read Apply for a licence.

Further meat processing facilities are audited in the first week after opening and then every week until their Quality Assurance Program is fully implemented.  Further meat processing facilities then have audits once every year.

Further meat processing facilities that manufacture smallgoods have audits every six months.

Audits are conducted by a PrimeSafe approved auditor.

Find out more about Audits.

There is an application fee when you apply for a new licence.

There is an annual fee to hold a licence that you pay each year in June.

There are other charges when you hold a licence with PrimeSafe.

You may have to pay a fine if you do not meet your licence conditions.

PrimeSafe follows the Department of Treasury and Finance’s guideline for setting fees and charges.

Our current fees

You can calculate the annual fee for a further meat processing facility by estimating the annual throughput of the facility.  Throughput is the weight (tonnes) of material brought into a facility for processing. 

The current fee schedule for a further meat processing facility is:

When your facility is supervised by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry you pay no more than $1,056 to apply for a licence and $2,111 each year. Otherwise the amount you pay increases as your throughput increases. 

Calculate the total cost to apply today for a licence

To apply for a Further Meat Processing Facility licence you need to pay:

• the application fee (paid once only)
• the licence fee (paid when you first apply and then every year in June).

The licence fee you pay when you first apply is calculated on how much of the year has already passed (called pro-rata).

Use the Fee Calculator to see what you will pay today to apply for a licence.

All PrimeSafe fees are GST exempt so we will not give you a tax invoice when you pay.

Fee Calculator

Please enter the estimated annual throughput of your facility below.