Meat and poultry licences

Licence requirements and conditions

Licence requirements and conditions depend on the type of meat business you operate.

Find information specific to your business:

• Abattoir
• Further meat processing facility
• Game meat processing facility
• Inedible rendering facility
• Pet meat processing facility
• Pet food establishment
• Poultry processing facility
• Prime tallow processing facility
• Retail butcher shop
• Meat and seafood transport vehicles

Products and processes that require additional approval from Safe Food Victoria.

• foods processed by cooking, curing, salting, drying and/or fermenting. For example, ham, dried meat jerky, prosciutto and smoked salmon.
• alternative techniques and new technologies. For example cold smoking or high-pressure processing.