Australian Pork Newspaper

Vol 26. No. 7 July 2022 Australian Pork Newspaper PO Box 162 Wynnum 4178 Phone (07) 3286 1833 Email ben@collins.media
Remaining vigilant and continuing to implement best-practice biosecurity standards is our best defence against emergency animal disease outbreaks.
Emergency animal disease update
RECENT months have seen the Australian pork industry heavily occu- pied with the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus across four of the eastern states – ongoing global emergency animal disease outbreaks are a timely reminder to remain vigilant, even in times of adversity.
systems, animal health and welfare, as well as on live- lihoods, food security and international trade.
spreading to neighbouring countries.
com.au/biosecurity
A timely reminder for
Some neighbouring coun- tries have been battling a combination of EAD out- breaks over the past couple of years, including African swine fever, African horse sickness and, most recently, foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease.
Ongoing ASF disease events – for which there were no new outbreaks – continue to occur in the Republic of Korea and four European countries – Hun- gary, Italy, Latvia and Ro- mania.
The Australian pork sector continues to mon- itor the roll-out of the ASF vaccine in Vietnam and maintains discussions with the Australian government regarding the importation of such emergency animal disease vaccines into Aus- tralia.
• National Biosecurity Manual for Pork Produc- tion – farmbiosecurity. com.au/wp-content/up loads/2022/01/Pork-Bio security-Manual-Update. pdf
To date, ASF continues to impact pig populations around the world.
This year has seen the detection of ASF in wild boar on the mainland of Italy, the first occurrence of the disease in Baden-Würt- temberg Germany near the border to France, the first occurrence in Nepal, and the recurrence of ASF in Russia.
• Biosecurity Manage- ment Plan template – australianpork.com.au/ biosecurity/biosecurity -management-plan-and- resources#templates
The World Organisation for Animal Health ac- knowledges that the events reported over the past year confirm the global threat of ASF.
EAD resources avail- able to producers
• Operational Con- tingencies – australi anpork.com.au/bi osecurity/biosecurity- management-plan-and- resources#contingency_ plans
ASF continues to spread in several regions, reaching new territories, with serious impacts on pig production
Biosecurity remains our strongest defence against emergency animal diseases such as ASF.
Since January 2020, Af- rican swine fever has been reported globally in five regions, in 39 countries, affecting more than 1.115 million pigs and more than 35,000 wild boars, with more than 1.845 million animal losses.
Remaining vigilant and continuing to implement best-practice biosecurity standards is our best de- fence.
all producers – including Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Pro- gram certified producers – to review their biosecurity management plans and op- erational contingencies.
There is no cure for the disease.
However, the commer- cialisation of the first-ever vaccine against ASF in Vi- etnam sparks both interest and optimism in the global pig industry.
Key resources to get pro- ducers started include:
Phone: 07 4697 3344 • Fax 07 4697 3532
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Detections of African swine fever in new ter- ritories pose the risk of
Resources available to producers can be accessed through australianpork.
Dr Jess van de Weyer APL Emergency Animal Disease Policy Analyst
Annual operating plan 22-23
Point of View
by MARGO ANDRAE CEO
ANY strategic plan- ning or creation of a directional document is accompanied with a re- newed sense of purpose and focus.
And that’s what I want to share with you this month, as we set Aus- tralian Pork Limited’s 2022-23 annual operating plan.
It’s been a common theme in recent times, however there has been no resolve in the number of obstacles and chal- lenges facing our in- dustry over the past 12 months.
space of biosecurity. We’re also working seri- ously towards further in- ternational collaborations and networking to bolster
visibility through the ‘story of pork’ commu- nications campaign in the year ahead.
As an industry, not only have we continued to navigate COVID-19 un- certainty, but we’ve also faced floods, extreme heat and a new threat in the form of an emergency animal disease – Japanese encephalitis virus.
these responses. Furthermore, we’re ex-
Ultimately, this plan has been designed with APL’s bold ambition of becoming Australia’s pre- ferred choice of protein and sustainably adding $1 billion to farmgate value by 2025.
Though, we have worked hard to main- tain a strong position for our industry, and it’s this sentiment that underpins the current operating en- vironment and sets the scene for the basis of our AOP.
With the new govern- ment in place, we’ll be building on our existing relationships to secure on- going support.
Operationally, we plan to ensure we continue to listen to industry and re- spond while ensuring we keep an eye on planning for the future.
While our five-year strategic plan centres on 16 areas of focus catego- rised into five themes, the 2022-23 year sees us concentrating on three key priorities – EAD and biosecurity, driving inno- vation, and valuable prov- enance.
This includes the devel- opment of the transport app Pig Pass 2.0 and a focus on the health and well-being of our pigs.
And as always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at any time.
tending our biosecurity work into peri-urban en- vironments.
Innovation is a firm and significant area of focus and links to the above by delivering a new approach to biosecurity manage- ment.
Our AOP is available now at australianpork. com.au, alongside our strategic plan and sustain- ability framework.
Additionally, we’re heavily focussed on pro- viding data to support producers and decision making.
Focussing on EAD and biosecurity, our approach now needs to be and is much broader than solely African swine fever.
Over recent months, I’ve shared with you the work we’re doing around ‘telling our story’, whether that be via industry advo- cates or showcasing our sustainability credentials.
We’ve taken multiple learnings from JEV, of which our response was robust based on the foun- dations we had laid in the face of ASF.
With valuable prov- enance being a key area of priority, we’ll be im- plementing activity that shares the story of our sector and product to give consumers reasons to cel- ebrate Australian pork.
The 2022-23 year sees APL concentrating on three key priorities – emergency animal dis- ease and biosecurity, driving innovation, and valuable provenance.
This will only continue to strengthen, and our team has created an im- pactful aligned industry voice to advocate in the
I’m excited to address multiple opportunities to progress the industry’s
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