• Where samples or analytical results are required to be provided as per contract terms, the marketer or supplier of the grain arranges those samples to be taken so as to be representative of the consignment and assessed as per industry sampling and testing protocols; • Certification is only to be supplied based on appropriate information; and • Provision of analytical results is only to be supplied based on: - Appropriate sampling and testing; and/or - As outlined in the relevant contract; and/or - According to national or international standards. For grain destined for the domestic market, the grain meets all relevant Australian regulations such as: • The FSANZ Food Standards Code; • APVMA MRLs; • Where supplied for stockfeed use, all State and Territory stock food regulations. For grain exported, the grain at all times complies with: • Requirements outlined in the Export Control Act and associated legislation, including the collection of representative samples of the consignment; • Quarantine requirements of the importing country; and • Relevant international standards such as: - Codex Alimentarius Commission - Importing country MRLs for chemicals, Maximum Levels (MLs) for other contaminants such as heavy metals/mycotoxins and other relevant contaminant restrictions; - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety31. Grain is only out-turned: • When known to be in compliance with market requirements. • When treated with a chemical, following compliance with the legislated label directions such as With-holding and Ventilation Periods; • When in compliance with customer and/or regulatory MRLs that apply to that grain; and/or • Where applicable, following analysis of grain to confirm the status of the grain (i.e., chemical residue levels are in compliance with customer and/or regulatory MRLs). Where grain is known to contain a chemical that is in violation of a regulatory or customer market requirement, industry will not supply that grain to that market unless the following measures are undertaken to ensure the grain upon reaching the destination market will comply with the relevant MRL: • A mitigation strategy is implemented; and/or • The supplier receives written agreement from the customer of the grain, provided regulatory requirements are always met. 20 31 https://bch.cbd.int/protocol
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