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Fodder crop, grain and pasture LPA Requirements: #3 TM treatments and stock foods PRODUCTION ASSURANCE

What? How? Factsheets: LPA requirements The Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) As a livestock producer, you must guarantee that The fodder crop, grain and pasture treatments and program is the Australian livestock industry’s are not exposed to foods containing stock foods checklist includes nine questions to #1 Property risk on- food safety program. It meets the chemical contamination or fed products. ensure a livestock producer is doing all they can assessment stringent requirements of our export markets, to minimise animal exposure to foods containing Exposure to contaminated food or providing an assurance of the safety of red chemicals or animal products. may result in unacceptably high chemical residues #2 Safe & responsible grown on Australian . in the animal at the time of slaughter, posing a risk It is recommended producers document and file animal treatments to human health. answers to the checklist questions and make When farmers become LPA-accredited, they them available when the property is subject to are promising to meet LPA’s requirements Producers must, therefore, do all they can to an LPA audit. A template to assist you with your #3 Safe livestock and fulfil their responsibility in the safe ensure agricultural chemicals are applied and record keeping is available on the LPA website feed production of red meat. The management of stored correctly and that animals are not exposed at www.mla.com.au/lpa fodder crop, grain and pasture treatments to chemical residues. Records must be kept to and stock foods is just one of five elements enable the traceability of stock feeds provided to #4 Preparation that farmers need to satisfy to become LPA- animals, including details on relevant Withholding for dispatch accredited. Periods (WHP) and Export Slaughter Intervals (ESI). To demonstrate this you must: #5 Livestock Every LPA-accredited producer must transactions undertake to minimise exposure of • Keep records of your agricultural chemical & movements livestock to foods containing unacceptable treatments chemical contamination and guarantee • Introduce management systems to identify livestock are not fed animal products. livestock that may have become contaminated and to map or list treated or contaminated areas • File Vendor Declaration (CVDs) that accompany all introduced stock feeds

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Checklist: 3 Do you ensure that any equipment 6 Do you record agricultural 7 Do you record introduced stock used to apply or measure treatments, including spray drift feeds and ensure these come with 1 Do you only allow people chemicals is working correctly and introduced stock feed, and a Commodity Vendor Declaration who are trained and/or before use and clean it before pass this on when selling stock? (CVD) that shows there is a and after you use it? minimal risk of contamination? competent to use chemicals? Agricultural treatments should be recorded and passed on when selling stock, by Anyone applying or handling chemicals So that the correct amount of chemical To minimise the risk of contaminating our completing an LPA NVD/Waybill. must be able to demonstrate competency is applied and is not contaminated, it is meat supply, it is important to keep records essential to calibrate equipment and check of feeds that are introduced, including the in the storage, handling, preparation, use Where relevant, the producer should and disposal of chemicals. Ideally livestock it for operational efficiency before using. date they were received, a description of Equipment to apply or measure chemicals also record on the LPA NVD/Waybill details the feed, the supplier and a residue analysis. producers will hold or be under the of the Withholding Period (WHP) and supervision of someone that has a current must also be thoroughly cleaned before and It is also important to ensure that a CVD is after each use. Export Slaughter Interval (ESI) to ensure that provided every time you buy/introduce stock recognised chemical user’s certificate. contaminated livestock are not processed Certificates should be stored and presented feed. CVDs can be downloaded from the 4 Are agricultural chemicals for human consumption before these have LPA website at www.mla.com.au/lpa. during the LPA audit. expired. stored according to instructions In the absence of a CVD it is important that the residue status of the stockfeed be 2 When applying chemicals, do you on the label and kept in a Records should include: determined and/or that the stockfeed is abide by the legal directions place safe from animals? • Treatment date not fed to livestock that are to be sold for (e.g. as written on the label) • Location/size/quantity of treatment slaughter within 60 days from date of last and only use approved Agricultural chemicals can lose their exposure. Records of stockfeed activities effectiveness if not stored appropriately agricultural chemicals? • Chemical/drug used, including batch should be maintained, including date, and should always be kept according to the number and expiry date description of stockfeed, mob and/or manufacturer’s instructions. They should The intended use, application method and • Application rate and method paddock identification, etc. also be kept away from animals to minimise dose rates of agricultural chemicals must the risk of unnecessary contamination of • Relevant Withholding Period and/or Export be understood prior to use. This means If you are not sure of the chemical residue livestock. Slaughter Interval (and date of expiry) reading the chemical labels and applying status of stockfeeds, do not provide it to them in accordance with the manufacturer’s • Relevant withholding from period livestock until you can prove it is clear, instructions. To ensure that the appropriate 5 Are management systems in possibly through a National Association chemicals are applied, only agricultural place to identify livestock that Records of any evident spray drift from of Testing Authorities (NATA) approved chemicals approved by the Australia may have accessed treated neighbouring properties should also be laboratory test. maintained. Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority paddocks or contaminated feed? (APVMA) should be used. Being able to trace livestock that may have come in contact with chemicals is essential. Producers should implement a system that allows them to identify these animals, such as the use of a coloured ear tag or segregation.

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TM

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ASSURANCE

8 Do you meet the ruminant feed Careful consideration should be given to: 9 Is there a management system in When? ban legislation of the state in • Dog biscuits where dog kennels are in place to map or list treated and which you raise stock? holding yards or paddocks contaminated areas and signpost Records should be updated every time • and pig feeds storage and mixing them on-farm? chemicals are applied and feed is introduced This means you: equipment to the property. Keeping a map or list of treated paddocks • Are not permitted to feed Restricted • If spreading poultry and pig , stock and any contaminated sites or facilities, Animal Material (RAM) to ruminants are not allowed to graze until such time that Why? enables producers to minimise the risk of (cattle, sheep, goats) the pasture has grown up and through the livestock accessing these areas, where they • Must ensure that livestock do not have so that the stock doesn’t consume may become contaminated. Signposting Australia’s food safety record is essential access to feed, the feed mixing area or the manure treated paddocks on-farm is not essential, to consumers of red meat, both locally and discarded feed containing RAM but can also help to minimise the risk of in the 100 plus countries we export to. This If used cooking oils are in feed mixes ( • Should ensure all containers, contamination. means it’s fundamental to the future of our and oil) you must ensure they meet relevant machinery, augers, etc that come in red . Australian Standards. If feeding old/ touch with stock feeds containing RAM Where livestock are contaminated, producers /bakery/pastry waste to livestock ensure are thoroughly cleaned prior to using or must ensure that they meet the relevant If animals consume foods that have that any bread or waste product containing holding ruminant stockfeed Withholding Period or Export Slaughter unacceptably high chemical residues or meat is not fed to ruminant animals (cattle, Interval before they are slaughtered or sold. which contain animal product, the meat RAM includes meat, meat and meal, sheep, goats). they produce may be unsafe for human meal, blood and bone meal, dog consumption. This will put the entire industry biscuits, poultry meal, feather meal, at risk. fishmeal or any other animal meals or manures. [It does not include tallow, At a producer level, repercussions may treated recycled cooking oils, gelatine, include failure to be paid for the livestock, or milk products] and possible legal liability for the resulting costs faced by processors and the rest of the To minimise the risk of contaminating our supply chain. meat supply, it is important to keep and store products that may contain RAM separately and securely from feed that will be fed to ruminant livestock.

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