Livestock Quality Systems
Livestock Quality Systems (LQS) provides certification and verification systems to instill confidence in on-farm food safety practices.
Are you Accredited with Livestock Production Assurance (LPA)?
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If your status is "Not Accredited" you will need to upgrade to "Accredited" now. Click here to upgrade your LPA status to Accredited...
Important: To upgrade your status you will need your Property Identification Code (PIC), your LPA user name and password. If you don't know your login details contact lpa@mla.com.au or 1800 683 111 (9am- 5pm EST).
Producer Electronic Declaration Program (eDEC™) Updated
Would you like to pay less for your LPA National Vendor Declarations? (LPA NVDs) Click here for more information about this program.
Access the LPA Bobby Calf NVD
Bobby Calf livestock producers can now access the 2008 LPA Bobby Calf NVD. Click here to register and download LPA Bobby Calf NVD forms and information.
Agency Emergency NVD/Waybill (eDEC™) Updated
The latest Agency Emergency NVD and Waybill (eDEC™) Program is convenient, easy to use and available to you by selecting the following link. Click here to register and download the program and tokens.
AUS-MEAT takes over reins of LPA
After successfully implementing and then building the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program to now include over 194,000 livestock producers, Meat & Livestock Australia handed over the management of the program to AUS-MEAT on 1 July 2008.
The management of LPA, which includes LPA database management, the printing and distribution of LPA NVDs and the administration of LPA rules and standards, was transferred to AUS-MEAT on 1 July. MLA will maintain responsibility for LPA NVD content, as well as developing and instigating LPA communication initiatives.
The LPA Rules have been amended to reflect this ownership change. Click here to view the tracked version of the Amended Rules. (Word, 145KB)
Click here to view the clean version of the Amended Rules. (Word, 143KB)
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Livestock Quality Systems consists of five major subprograms:
Livestock Production Assurance
Helping Australia lead the way in on-farm food safety, Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) is a new on-farm food safety certification program designed to help the red meat industry strengthen the food safety systems currently in place.
National Vendor Declarations
The National Vendor Declaration (NVD) is the key tool used by producers to declare valuable information about the food safety status of the livestock being sold in Australia.
Producer Electronic Declaration e-DEC™
LQS provides the means to download software programs that provide electronic versions of the LPA NVD/Waybill, that can be printed as well as sent by email to purchasers of livestock (eDEC™). The typical persons or organisations that will use the eDEC™ program are producers and feedlots.
Livestock Fodder Declarations
A completed commodity vendor declaration (CVD) or By-Product Vendor Declaration (BVD) should be obtained from the supplier of livestock fodder when purchasing, which indicates the chemicals the material had been exposed to, or that there has been no chemical exposure.
Livestock Integrity
The Livestock Integrity (LI) program is MLA’s involvement in issues dealing with livestock residues, livestock feeding, and livestock disease (including ESIs and WHPs).
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