Search Results
Agriculture ministers from all states and territories have now endorsed the new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry.
The poultry standards were finalised by the Independent Poultry Panel commissioned by all agriculture ministers. The standards are the culmination of an…
- Last modified
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s annual National Science Exchange conference is hosted by the department’s Agricultural Chief Scientist.
The conference helped to build and maintain our science capability through sharing and exchanging knowledge and innovation, networking…
- Last modified
OverviewThe Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards, through leadership of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and an expert consultant, have completed the process of finalising a business plan. The plan looks towards a national laboratory-focused simulation exercise.…
- Last modified
Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Facilities and EstablishmentsThe AWTG is developing new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Establishments (the processing standards). The processing standards will replace the 2002…
- Last modified
OverviewThe desktop and functional exercises were completed with great success in 2023.Activities 1 and 2 were conducted at AgriBio, Bundoora, Victoria in September 2023.The focus of these 2 desktop activities were laboratory resources and logistics.Activity 3 was conducted at the Tasmanian Animal…
- Last modified
28 August 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of amendments to the Australian phytosanitary treatment application standard for cold disinfestation treatment and the related performance standards.
Summary of changes and key points
In consultation with the…
- Last modified
Food is one of Australia’s most important exports. We export about 70 per cent of the food we produce.
International food standards support the trade of safe food. We need to be involved with developing these standards.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) is an intergovernmental body that…
- Last modified
The Australian Government is working together with states and territories to develop and implement nationally consistent standards and guidelines for farm animal welfare. The Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines update and replace the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals…
- Last modified
Before any work can commence, we must first establish the need for:
a new Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedure (ANZSDP), or
revision of an existing ANZSDP or Australian standard diagnostic technique (ASDT).
This is part of a process to draft and review ANZSDPs by…
- Last modified
17 June 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities, to export summerfruit to protocol markets for the 2024-2025 season.Summary of changes and key…
- Last modified