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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.

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

An individual animal is given a ‘device-based status’ against its NLIS tag or bolus when it has a known disease or residue issue that presents a food safety or biosecurity risk and requires specific management on-farm, or at feedlots, saleyards and processors. Depending on the risk, the status is assigned by the Commonwealth or State Department, a vet or the Integrity System Company via the NLIS database. The producer is then informed. These device-based statuses automatically trigger an EW status on the PIC where the animal resides in the NLIS database. The device-based statuses that trigger the EW status are:...

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

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...

NLIS Database Uplift Project

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. 

It is critical that any agvet chemicals are stored appropriately, are not out of date when used, and are administered in the correct dose.    Chemical contamination, degredation or failure can result in a range of negative impacts, including:  livestock pain or death livestock illness, which impacts red meat integrity human illness and food safety risks profit and production losses property damage, and  disease transmission or biosecurity breaches which threaten global market access.  REMEMBER: Chemicals must be used safely and carefully as misuse can result in contamination. Completing a ChemCERT or equivalent training course is an effective way to ensure...