Game Meat Processing Facility Licences

Game Meat Field Harvester approval

With this approval, you can:

• harvest and sell wild game animals.

You do not need this approval to harvest kangaroos.

Game Meat Processing Facility (harvest vehicle) licence

With this licence, you can use a vehicle to:

• field harvest wild game animals for sale
• transport wild game animal carcasses to:
  • a game meat processing facility (premises)
  • a game meat processing facility (field depot), or
  • a pet meat processing facility.

Game Meat Processing Facility (field depot) licence

With this licence, you can:

• store wild game animal carcasses under refrigeration (in a vehicle or at a premises) for a short time before transporting them to:
  • a game meat processing facility (premises), or
  • a pet meat processing facility.

A field depot can include the refrigerated meat‑carrying compartment of a vehicle used to transport wild game animal carcasses.

Game Meat Processing Facility (premises) licence

With this licence, you can:

• process game meat and/or game meat products for human consumption
• package game meat and/or game meat products
• retail game meat products
• wholesale game meat products.

Existing meat processing facilities

Abattoirs, further meat processing facilities and poultry processing facilities can also hold a Game Meat Processing Facility (premises) licence if:

• the facility meets game meat construction and equipment requirements
• game meat processing does not occur during the processing of non‑game meat, and
• all processing equipment is fully cleaned and sanitised before processing non‑game animals.