Tour of Australian Livestock Identification and Food Safety Systems

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Tour of Australian Livestock Identification and
Food Safety Systems
A Yankees View

• Scott Stuart, CEO
• National Livestock Producers Association

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U.S. / Australian Delegation
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Ed Klim Secretariat, SAFEMEAT Manager of Food
Safety Systems, DAFF
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Traceability history in Australia

• Australia manages a herd of 26 million cattle on
  approximately 80,000 holdings
• Since 1967 each holding has its own unique number
  
• Property Identification Code (PIC)
• All cattle consigned from each holding must be
  accompanied by that unique herd number (PIC)

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Traceability history in Australia - cattle

• Australia exports 70 of beef and sheep meats
  international customer focus
• Move from mandatory property based system to
  individual whole of life
• phased in approach and will remain mandatory on
  completion.
• Government and industry partnership
• Started move to individual RFID 8 years ago

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Traceability history in Australia - other species

• Sheep approximately 100 million sheep - moving
  to mandatory property number ear tag
• Pigs approximately 2.77 million pigs mainly
  tattoo (or ear tags) lot/ batch or property
• Horses - Racing industry RFID and DNA records

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NLIS features

• Underpinned by Federal/State/
  Industry commitment
• Serves a diverse industry
• Varying production systems
• Confidentiality supported by legislation
• Database access restricted
• FOI Act
• Shared Funding
• Industry Governments

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NLIS funding

• Livestock Producers
• - 7 - 10 million since 1997
• Funds from
• - Producer Levies (25)
• - Processor Levies (25)
• - Federal Government (50)
• Used for
• - NLIS Database
• - Saleyard and abattoir assistance
• - Extension / Communication
• Government funding
• - Assist rollout to date (lt15 million)
• - Additional 20 million election promise

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John Wyld Chairman, National Livestock
Identification System
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Defined implementation roles

• Legislation
• State government
• Policy and implementation
• State governments
• State based implementation committees
• Service delivery (Database)
• Meat and Livestock Australia
• NLIS Database
• Information tools
• Training and technical support
• Demonstration sites and workshops

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NLIS Lessons learned

• Cannot be done overnight
• Need solid groundwork
• Agreed Core Principles
• Communication
• Standardized Single RF Technology
• Must be electronic Communication
• Database Structure Industry / Governments
• To be effective - must be mandatory
• Implementation assistance in the field essential
• Had to make a start! Will never get 100
  agreement!

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Rick Beasley NLIS Operations Manager, MLA
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Critical ingredients

• 1. Builds on current system
• Property Identification Code (PIC) is crucial
• 2. Standard radio frequency identification
  devices and readers
• 3. Central database Speed and accuracy

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Dr. Tony Britt Principal Scientist, Livestock
Quality Assurance Victoria Dept. of Primary
Industries
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Victoria Livestock Exchange, Pakenham Saleyards
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Matt OConnor Senior Manager, GK OConnor
Abattoir
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Gordon Lockett Lockett Dairy Farm, Neerim North,
VIC
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Paul White Manager, Warrnambool Livestock Exchange
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Koolomurt Coleraine, VIC Owned by John Wyld
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Wangaratta Livestock Exchange Wangaratta, VIC
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Yankee Observations

• Government / Industry partnership is a must
• Industry cooperation is a must
• Workable / affordable technology is a must
• Education / outreach is a must
• Adaptability is a must

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Questions?