Draft updates to Australian Standard 4696:2022, Hygienic production and transportation of meat and meat products for human consumption

Australia is updating its mandatory standard for the hygienic production and transportation of meat and meat products for human consumption. It applies to meat produced in Australia and derived from animals of the bovine, bubaline, camelidae, caprine, cervidae, ovine, porcine and soliped species slaughtered other than in a wild state. Updates have been made to the requirements under Schedule 2 - Procedures for post-mortem inspection and Schedule 3 - Ante-mortem and post-mortem dispositions.