Publications

Food Consumption Trends in China

​China has experienced remarkable economic growth in the past three decades. This has resulted in sustained increase in consumer income, which in turn has led to important changes in food consumption.…
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Farm Management Deposits Statistics

At 30 September 2025, the total holdings in the Farm Management Deposits (FMD) Scheme were around $6.03 billion.FMD statistics for each quarter, broken down by state and territory, are summarised at the bottom of this page.Historical Farm Management DepositsFMD statistics—detailed state/territory…
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Reviews of the Farm Management Deposits Scheme

2021 Evaluation of the Farm Management Deposits (FMD) SchemeThe Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), now Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) conducted an internal evaluation into the operation of the FMD Scheme in 2021.The evaluation report and…
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Animal product monitoring datasets 2013–14

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2014 The animal residue testing datasets 2013–14 outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2013–14 financial year, under the National…
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Aflatoxicosis

Publication details​​Blaney BJ, Connole MD and Hill MWM, 1987 The Australian standard diagnostic techniques (ASDT) for aflatoxicosis identifies and describes laboratory methods that assist in detecting and…
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Meat Establishment Verification System (MEVS) - Independent boning rooms

​​Publication details Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, November 2022. This document provides a national approach to the Department of Agriculture (the department) inspection and verification of export-registered independent boning rooms to support Australian Government health…
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​Meat Establishment Verification System (MEVS) - Establishments

Publication details ​​Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry This guideline provides a national approach to inspection and verification of export registered abattoirs to support Australian Government health certification for export meat and meat products. Download Meat Export…
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Export meat system regulatory action and sanctions policy fact sheet

​​​What is the Export Meat Systems Sanctions Po​licy? The Export Meat Systems Sanctions Policy provides the detail on how the department will implement the regulatory actions and sanctions available to the Secretary within the Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Rules 2021 and associated…
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Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA)

​​Publication details Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, March 2023 Meat Hygiene Assessment describes​ the application of two monitoring systems - the first relates to process controls in the production of the meat and the second to the physical condition of meat. Both systems…
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