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ISC invests in integrity system initiatives and programs because it allows us to have as much market opportunity for red meat products as possible. Australia’s red meat industry is a $28 billion industry and we are able to export our product into more than 100 markets around the world. We are producing food and we need to be able to provide an assurance to all of our consumers that the product that they are consuming is safe to eat, has been raised in an ethical and positive way, and that we are able to trace that product right through from...

MLA’s Going into Goats program now includes the newest information and resources to comply with NLIS and LPA.

  Key points:  Electronic tagging is more efficient and more accurate.  Having all your data in one place makes managing your animals much easier.  The traceability and biosecurity advantages of eID are critical to our export markets.  John Falkenhagen and his wife Bec own Ideal View Goats, a goat meat and dairy enterprise located near Meningie, about 90-minutes south-east of Adelaide.  Until recently, his South Australian dairy was milking around 600 goats year-round, but in September this year, John closed the dairy side of the business to focus on meat production.   John was quick to see the many benefits of...

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The LPA program provides a best practice method for producers to understand their requirements to ensure safe and responsible use of chemicals. These include:  completing a property risk assessment completing a biosecurity plan storing chemicals in a secure place according to instructions on the label completing a certified chemical user’s course ensuring equipment used for applying chemicals or medicines is suitable and calibrated documenting details of all chemical use, including: product name and batch number (try taking a photo) withholding period (WHP) or export slaughter interval (ESI) (learn more about WHP and ESI requirements) treatment date treated livestock or property...

Producers must keep accurate farm records to demonstrate that their on-farm practices meet LPA requirements. LPA accreditation certifies that meat has been produced safely, ethically and meets biosecurity requirements – and producers must have the evidence to demonstrate this. You can encourage your clients to keep good farm records for LPA, as well as records for any services you may provide. The LPA record keeping templates include all details that must be recorded on-farm to meet LPA requirements. Keep in mind that the LPA record keeping templates are not compulsory to use. If there are opportunities to incorporate record keeping...

There is no perfect formula to record keeping. Any format of records is accepted under LPA so long as it meets the requirements. The LPA record keeping templates are used by many producers and include all details that must be recorded. All documents may now be uploaded to the producer’s LPA account for safe storage. Updates to the LPA website now also allow property risk assessments and farm biosecurity plans to be completed entirely online rather than on a printed template. See our step-by-step guide to creating and uploading documents in your LPA account. Alternately, some producers find that keeping...

The Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association will have the chance to get the latest information on the red meat integrity system and how they can help the industry ‘stand by what it sells’ at a special webinar this month hosted with ISC.

Processors must ensure that livestock consigned for processing are fit for consumption. Learn more about the integrity system for processors.

All LPA accredited producers – from large scale operators to hobby farmers – may be audited, with audit participants selected from the database of LPA accredited producers. Annually, 2,000 producers are selected at random and 1,000 selected for targeted audits due to system identified non-conformance.