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All LPA accredited producers – from large scale operators to hobby farmers – may be audited to check how records are maintained and how food safety, biosecurity and animal welfare management is being carried out on-farm. Help your clients be prepared by sharing the resources below: more information about LPA audits the LPA audit checklist factsheet: how to respond to an LPA Corrective Action Request (CAR) factsheet: how to submit evidence for a remote audit.

More information Learn more about the LPA program and its seven requirements. Read about LPA learning, accreditation and on farm audits.

NLIS Database Uplift Project

Good records and systems are the foundation of the integrity system. Find out more and download ISC’s range of free record keeping templates here.

ISC Scholarship provides opportunity for Tasmanian meat judge

You can provide buyers with details of any high risk animals in the consignment, or provide a list of the NLIS tag numbers of each animal in the consignment prior to sale so that they can check if there are any statuses attached to them. You will also provide buyers with the assurances they require by accurately completing the NVD and declaring any livestock that may pose a food safety or biosecurity risk. 

Compliance: guaranteeing success

Do you employ farm staff or are you a farm manager? Here’s what you need to do to ensure integrity requirements are met on your property.

Early warning (EW) is a status within the NLIS database that is automatically assigned to a property carrying high-risk animals. It is one of several ‘property identification code (PIC)-based statuses’ assigned within the database. The EW status does not identify what the status is for or which specific animals are high-risk. The EW status helps monitor and manage food safety and biosecurity risk along the entire supply chain. It gives livestock buyers and agents forewarning of a potential risk by flagging that the PIC may have high risk animals associated with it. The buyer or agent is then able to...

The Livestock Production Assurance On-Farm Quality Assurance (LPA QA) program, incorporating the Cattlecare and Flockcare programs, represents the second tier of the LPA framework. Livestock producers must be fully accredited in LPA level 1 (or Food Safety Management) to participate in LPA QA. The Cattlecare and Flockcare programs were initially developed by the Cattle Council of Australia and the Sheepmeat Council of Australia respectively. Since the introduction of the LPA food safety program, Cattlecare and Flockcare have been incorporated into the grassfed industry's LPA QA program.   The LPA QA program is managed by the Integrity Systems Company, the same committee...