Check our advice on importing plant-based animal feed.
Production questionnaire: Animal consumption and environmental purposes
September 2022
If you are importing plant-based goods for animal consumption and environmental purposes production to Australia, you will need to ask the facilities that manufacture and/or export your product to complete our production questionnaire.
Submit the completed questionnaire with your import permit application. If we advise you that an audit is required, you must also ask the facility to complete our audit questionnaire for plant-based stockfeed (also available on this page).
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Production questionnaire: animal consumption and environmental purposes (PDF 339 KB)
Production questionnaire: animal consumption and environmental purposes (DOCX 94 KB)
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Production questionnaire: Third-party facility
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, September 2022
The third-party facility questionnaire must be completed by the third-party facility where the goods are stored, handled or further processed. The questionnaire must be submitted with applications for permit to bring these goods into Australia. Manufacturers must provide information relating to the packaging of the product, as well as quality control measures in place at the facility. If the facility conduct additional manufacturing steps (e.g. Addition of materials, further refining) this questionnaire is not suitable, and the manufacturer must complete the Animal consumption and environmental purposes production questionnaire.
Submit the completed questionnaire with your import permit application.
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Production questionnaire: third-party facility (PDF 323 KB)
Production questionnaire: third-party facility (DOCX 98 KB)
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Audit questionnaire: plant-based stockfeed
September 2020
For completion by overseas facilities that manufacture, store, handle, transport or export processed plant-based stockfeed and stockfeed ingredients to Australia.
Learn more about our facility requirements.
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Audit questionnaire: plant-based stockfeed (PDF 385 KB)
Audit questionnaire: plant-based stockfeed (DOCX 104 KB)
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Application form: third party auditor
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, May 2023
This form is to be completed by a potential third party auditor. We will use the information provided to assess their suitability to undertake site audits of overseas facilities used in the manufacture and export of processed plant-based stockfeed to Australia.
For assistance with completing this form see our guide to engaging and undertaking third party audits.
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Application form: third party auditor – processed plant-based stockfeed (PDF 267 KB)
Application form: third party auditor – processed plant-based stockfeed (DOCX 73 KB)
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