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Accurate compliance to Australia’s red meat integrity systems, the NLIS and LPA programs, is the best way to ensure the safety and welfare of your stock and business, especially in the event of an emergency animal disease outbreak.

A major cross-industry effort is under way to assist Indonesia in containing its Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak while also keeping FMD and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) out of Australia.

Ensuring all livestock movements have been recorded in the NLIS database is vital to maintaining the lifetime traceability of livestock.

Australia is currently free from FMD, and our priority is to keep it that way. At the same time, while we are confident in Australia’s strong biosecurity measures, we aren’t taking anything for granted.

There are a number of resources available to help producers mitigate biosecurity risks. Read this article to find out more.