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Aussie encourages pork industry to come clean
sign concept of two axles mounted reasonably close together, making it easy to pivot the machine without a lot of physical effort,” Mr Hales said.
Additional biosecurity officers for Australia
AUSTRALIA’S front- line offensive against biosecurity risks, Af- rican swine fever and hitchhiker pests was bolstered recently, with 96 biosecurity of- ficers starting work – a firm focus on tackling the evolving threats.
“More than 40 tonnes of pork was intercepted from air travellers by frontline resources in- cluding our eagled-eyed biosecurity officers,” Minister Littleproud said.
Minister for Agri- culture and Northern Australia David Lit- tleproud said the bulk recruitment was part of the Australian Govern- ment’s commitment to get more frontline boots on the ground.
“An outbreak of ASF could potentially cost Australian industry $2.03 billion over five years.
“The 96 officers will be posted in major ports, airports and mail centres as a frontline deterrent against Af- rican swine fever and hitchhiker pest threats,” Minister Littleproud said.
“Delivering initiatives like this is part of our $400.1 million com- mitment to biosecurity through the 2021-22 Budget package.
“ASF is a contagious viral disease.
Before you import goods, mail items or travel to Australia, avoid the fines and check what is al- lowed in by visiting both awe.gov.au/bios ecurity-trade/import/ goods/plant-products and awe.gov.au/biose curity-trade/travelling
“It has no vaccine and can kill upward of 80 percent of the pigs it infects.
“It’s never breached Australian shores.”
Frontline resources are critical to managing emerging biosecurity risks.
“The recruits will also target hitchhiker pests including khapra beetle and brown marmorated stink bug.
“We need all Austral- ians to play their part to protect Australia.”
Australian officers in- spect, identify breaches and issue infringements at airports and mail centres.
In the three years to 2021, 3000 consign- ments of meat were in- tercepted and 800 con- tained pork.
THOUGH Australia’s slaughter rate is only 10 percent of China’s – Australia 5 million, China 495 million – pork producers have a real opportunity to in- crease production as Australia’s domestic de- mand increases.
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piggeries and the Sizzler has proven itself even in the toughest applica- tions,” Mr Hales said.
a drain cleaner kit that will clean up to 60m of pipes quickly and effi- ciently, using the high- pressure jet of the Aussie Scud unit,” Mr Hales said.
One challenge facing every piggery is the need for animals to be treated humanely and to exist in what are clean sanitary environments.
Located in Indonesia, the piggery ships 1000 live pigs to Singapore by barge every night.
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A world of experience
Designed to kill germs, the Aussie Sizzler has a stainless-steel cover on a steel chassis with four rubber flat-free tyres for ease of movement.
The Sizzler is equipped with a wide range of safety equipment.
The Aussie Pumps team has had years of experi- ence – beginning with the supply of all the cleaning equipment to one of Asia’s leading piggeries.
The unit produces 1800psi at 80C, providing a unique capability suit- able for livestock waste clean-up.
A stainless-steel frame is also available for tough applications as well as high pressure reel kits, turbo lances and other equipment.
“It’s a simple package called the Mini Reel, which is fast and safe.”
Aussie Pumps, an Aus- tralian company, has a long record of supporting Australian pork pro- ducers.
All the cleaning is car- ried out by Aussie Pumps Scud pressure cleaners – most with 2000 or 3000psi capability and flows up to 21L/min.
It is also Australia’s leading manufacturer of both engine drive and electric motor driven cold water pressure cleaners, with a range of equipment from 2000psi to 5000psi.
It’s performance that counts
Aussie Pumps chief en- gineer John Hales said: “The star of the show is our 4000psi heavy duty Scud 400”.”
“After trial and error with piggeries around Australia and Southeast Asia, we realised that the perfect machine is the Scud style unit, but with the 2600psi ‘Big Berty’ pump producing 21L/min flow,” Mr Hales said.
Driven by a Honda re- coil or electric-start petrol engine, they are built and equipped for a long life in what is a tough everyday environment.
“It’s that combination of pressure and flow that gets the job done effi- ciently, and with a min- imum of caustics and chemical cleaning gear.”
The machine – designed originally for the hire and construction markets – comes in a unique er- gonomic stainless-steel frame with four large flat- free 13” tyres on steel wheels.
The latest version of the machine comes with a stainless-steel hose reel, with 30m of high- pressure hose supplied as standard.
The frame registered by Aussie Pumps is unique in that has virtually no ‘sharps’ and the design make it remarkably easy to push around, consid- ering its capacity and size.
That enables the oper- ator to clean faster and more efficiently, and without having the task of moving the machine as frequently as a 10m hose would require.
“We use the ‘pram’ de-
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