Update from Indonesia 090911
Indonesia supply chain status
DAFF have received Notice of Intention to ship requests for Indonesia as follows:
| Approved and shipped |
16,560 head
(7,060 Darwin and 9,500 Wyndham) |
| Planned for the end August |
10,500 head |
|
Planned until the
middle of September
|
32,100 head |
| Total |
59,060 head |
Support for first shipments to Indonesia
Prior to arrival and during discharge of the first consignments, MLA consultants provided animal handling training to stevedores and truck drivers to ensure the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) checklist requirements were met. A review of newly developed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) materials was undertaken during the discharge process with recommendations for improvements made.
SOP development
MLA consultants have been providing SOP advice and assistance in Indonesia since early August. Assistance has included the development of company SOP modules and training materials particularly in preparation for the discharge of the first shipments. The SOP's have been road tested through numerous supply chains, and instructions covering disembarkation, transport to feedlot and induction/scanning are being developed.
Industry Government Working Group
The Industry Government Working Group has completed its review of the new regulatory framework for sheep, goats and cattle to all other markets. The group has developed the Animal welfare performance targets and measurements checklist to assist exporters and importers of Australian sheep, goats and cattle comply with animal welfare guidelines in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2010).
MLA has developed draft SOPs for sheep and goats which will need to be implemented in-market and undergo a review and authorisation process prior to finalisation. A project is underway reviewing the SOPs to enable further development, identification of gaps in training requirements and areas where work instructions are required to ensure welfare outcomes are achieved. The first step of this review is being conducted during September in the Middle East for sheep and Malaysia for goats.
Abattoir advice
The Ramadan monitoring plan commenced on 1 August to assist and encourage abattoir staff to ensure Australian cattle currently in the system are processed in key facilities and are handled appropriately. Since 1 August, 50 abattoirs were visited with the main focus on 21 core facilities. The visits were conducted by a team of 14 MLA contracted animal welfare advisers rotating through the market based across six regions - Jakarta, Tangerang, Bogor, Bandung, Palembang/Pekanbaru and Medan. The first two weeks of Ramadan (1- 14 August) were slow weeks for the processing of Australian cattle with several abattoirs only processing local cattle. Processing numbers have increased in the last two weeks of August with the peak period between 25 -29 August.
The facilities included in the Ramadan program were selected through consultation with APFINDO. Program coordination support was provided from APFINDO animal welfare officers. The project received strong support from DGLAHS with the welfare advisers visiting a number of important government abattoirs. The MLA Jakarta office has established an improved reporting process to notify the feedlotters of any issues that need to be addressed to achieve OIE compliance. MLA Jakarta animal welfare staff will continue to engage with -feedlot AWOs, abattoir staff and DGLAHS.
Whilst delivering the Ramadan program contracted Animal welfare advisers have been providing advice and technical support to the abattoirs on improvements needed to reach OIE. A number of abattoirs have been upgraded during this period and are being audited to be added to supply chains.
It is now evident that feedlotters are concentrating their efforts in consolidating/controlling their own supply chains with a number of operators developing or building and upgrading their own abattoir facilities. This has meant that a number of abattoirs that were expected to be within supply chains are now not seen as priority facilities. However, there does remain a strong focus by feedlotters on continuing to work with and improve those abattoirs that are about to be or have just been audited.
As supply chains are implemented and audited the need to continue to engage with DGLAHS is more important then ever. MLA, with APFINDO, has been working with DGLAHS to determine their priorities and deliver support projects that assist Indonesian Government owned and operated facilities upgraded to meet animal welfare requirements.
Next steps
Following the completion of the Lebaran holidays in Indonesia and the Ramadan program MLA will shift its resources to further assisting supply chains implement the new regulatory requirements. The MLA team will be now working with exporters and importers to understand the priority supply chains and provide the technical advice and expertise as required. This will include:
- Gap analysis - this program is designed to assist supply chains understand the new regulatory framework, develop procedures and documentation to meet the new framework, review supply chains and provide recommendations on improvements.
- SOP training and technical advice - this program is designed to provide suitable training programs through the supply chain so the new regulatory requirements can be met. It will also assist supply chains with technical advice on implementation of the new regulations.
- Point of slaughter infrastructure support - provide technical support to supply chains to implement upgrades to infrastructure required to meet the new regulatory requirements. This project will also help increase stunning. In Indonesia MLA will focus infrastructure support to Government facilities.
Similar programs will be rolled out across other key markets in both Asia and the Middle East to assist our trading partners implement the new regulatory requirements.
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