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Livestock producers, agents, transporters and saleyard operators received updates and practical tips on the red meat integrity system through a webinar series in July, designed to help the industry ‘stand by what it sells’.
Join this webinar to find out more about the foundations of Australia’s red meat integrity system – Livestock Production Assurance (LPA), the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) and LPA National Vendor Declarations (NVDs).
This webinar is presented in collaboration with the Australian Livestock Saleyards Association to help you understand the red meat integrity system.
With summer approaching, it’s important to obtain a Commodity Vendor Declaration (CVD) from suppliers when purchasing livestock feed. Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) accredited producers are urged to source feed from suppliers who are willing to vouch for its content by providing a CVD. Completed CVDs should be filed with other farm records. The CVD communicates food safety risks of introduced feed and it is needed to keep animals safe from chemical contamination or illness. Managing risks associated with introduced stock feed is a key requirement under the LPA program’s Module 3 ‘Fodder crop, grain and pasture treatments and stock foods’....
New versions of LPA NVDs (0720) for all species – sheep, goats, cattle (including EU) and bobby calves - will be available from 1 July 2020.