A National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Poultry Production was produced by a Biosecurity Consultative Group (BCG), established as a resolution of the 2007 Government–Industry Avian Influenza Forum.
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CHANGES TO NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES – TIME FOR ACTION
NATIONAL FEDERAL ANIMAL WELFARE GUIDELINES are the legal guidelines which every grower in Australia has to meet. These Guidelines may be captured in legislation on a state by state basis – most states do, some states modify them slightly. Importantly, the RSPCA, ACMF and other key groups sit on the panel which develops the National […]
read moreLocal Avian Influenza Outbreak Sparks Review of Biosecurity Agreement
In the wake of the H7 “local” Avian Influenza outbreaks in Vic, NSW and ACT, there has been a rush of bureaucratic survey-taking, and requests for input and opinion, all hoping that meat poultry growers tell government departments how wonderfully they handled the outbreak. Sadly, they are receiving the truth: the good, the bad and […]
read moreACGC Comments on National Competition Policy Principles and Plan
You might recall the “old” National Competition Policy and Principles. That’s the highy theoretical, economist-driven, philosophical document that resulted in removal of the Meat Poultry growers’ Countervailing power legislation in all states, resulting in grower not even having a full ability to use delegates to negotiate thier comtacts for them. Even the ACCC law changes […]
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