Property Risk Assessment

You must identify any possible risk on your property where livestock could come into contact with physical and/or chemical contaminants and develop strategies for how this risk will be controlled.

How can producers meet this LPA requirement?

To ensure you are controlling the risk of contaminated product entering the food chain, livestock owners must:

• Regularly review and complete the on-farm property risk assessment for persistent chemicals and physical contaminants checklist.
• Complete a property risk assessment and map, and update it when any changes to the enterprise's activities occur.
• Document and file your risk assessment/s - risk assessment documentation must be retained indefinitely.

Updates to the LPA website now allow property risk assessments to be completed entirely digitally rather than on a printed template.

Access ISC’s detailed step-by-step guide to creating and uploading documents to your LPA account to learn how to complete your digital property risk assessments.

Why do a property risk assessment?

Property risk assessments ensure the integrity of the meat we produce, guaranteeing it's safe and of high quality.

If livestock encounter persistent chemicals, the meat produced may contain unacceptably high chemical residues, impacting on food safety and market access. Similarly, physical contaminants such as wire could cause harm to animals and people if they become lodged in meat tissue.

Repercussions of selling livestock with unacceptable levels of persistent chemicals or physical contaminants, may include failure to be paid for the livestock, and possible legal liability for the resulting costs faced by processors and the rest of the supply chain.