This tool brings together Australia’s legislation and Standards and Guidelines into a single, easily searchable location, allowing the user to quickly find relevant laws in relation to biosecurity, animal welfare and food safety for the Australian Chicken Meat industry.
This Act controls the use, application and sale of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, fertilisers and stock foods and the manufacture of fertilisers and stock foods.
View ResourceThe purpose of this Act is to apply certain laws of the Commonwealth relating to agricultural and veterinary chemical products as laws of Victoria.
View ResourceAn Act to make provision for the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, and for related matters, for the purposes of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994.
View ResourceThe regulations provide further information on chemical products, the approval and registration process, and permitting.
View ResourceAll persons that use or dispose of agricultural or veterinary chemicals have a general duty to prevent or minimise harm to any person and the environment.
View ResourceAnimal Health Australia (AHA) works with the chicken and egg industries to develop and implement national programs to safeguard the health of Australia’s poultry industry.
View ResourceA guidance document for government and industry in the event of Salmonella Enteritidis potentially linked to eggs or poultry meat in Australia.
View ResourceAnimal Health Australia (AHA) coordinates national animal biosecurity services to protect Australia’s unique environment and support our trade reputation as a supplier of healthy animals and high quality animal products.
View ResourceAnimal biosecurity is all about protecting the economy, human health and the environment from problems associated with pests and diseases of animals and residues in animal products. NSW DPI and Local Land Services are partners in the delivery of animal biosecurity. They work with animal owners, animal industries, communities and other stakeholders to keep NSW animals and animal products healthy and safe.
View ResourceAnimal biosecurity is primarily about minimising the risk of serious disease, early diagnosis of a serious disease outbreak, prompt action to prevent the spread of serious disease.
View ResourceAnimal welfare in Queensland is regulated and enforced to ensure animals are treated humanely. It places a legal duty of care on people in charge of animals to meet those animals' needs in an appropriate way.
View ResourceThe Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023 includes Schedule 1 – Code of practice about domestic fowl, which contains very descriptive requirements for facilities (including cages) and stocking densities in which fowl are kept, including free range requirements. It also contains sections for the provision of feed and water, and inspection requirements; and Schedule 5 – Code of practice for transport of livestock, including poultry. The scope of this schedule extends from assembling or holding livestock before loading through to assembling or holding livestock on completion of the journey.
View ResourceThe Commonwealth Biosecurity Act governs biosecurity in the ACT but is heavily focused on Commonwealth border security. The Animal Diseases Act (ACT) is essentially a quarantine act.
View ResourceAnimal Health Australia (AHA) is the trusted and independent national animal health body in Australia, bringing together government and industry to deliver animal health and biosecurity.
View ResourceThe aim of this strategy is to 'Create a collaborative mechanism for animal industries to identify common research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for the effective monitoring of antimicrobial use (AMU) and surveillance of AMR to inform stewardship actions that meet Australia’s animal health and market access needs, without impacting food safety or human health.'
View ResourceThis Act covers the welfare of animals in the care of humans, as well as those in their natural environment. The Act and regulations are managed the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade who are responsible for making sure animal owners follow these rules. There are no specific laws relating to poultry.
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