FMD Round Table

FMD Response Policy Review Joint Government-Industry Peak Body Round Table Consultation

AHA convened a high level joint government-industry peak body round table consultation meeting on 11 April 2011 in Melbourne to recommend policy framework options for revision of the FMD AUSVETPLAN Disease Strategy.

The objectives of the round table were:

1. To gain industry and government recognition and understanding of the real risks and the enormity of handling an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Australia.
2. For industries and governments to agree on a policy framework that recognises recent scientific and technical developments and enables their incorporation into the FMD AUSVETPLAN Disease Strategy.

Government and industry participants at the round table consultation meeting agreed to a revised risk-based response policy framework for FMD that incorporates flexibility to deal with the particular circumstances and phases of an outbreak, and that aims to balance effective disease control with business continuity.

Further information on this round table consultation meeting, including the Resolutions of the meeting, can be found in the following documents:

• FMD round table report

• FMD Round Table Briefing Paper
• FMD Round Table Discussion Paper
• FMD Round Table Presentations:
  • FMD Response Policy Review – Dr Gardner Murray
  • Refreshing the Memory – FMD Outbreaks in the United Kingdom and Netherlands in 2001 – Dr John Stewart, AM
  • FMD – Exercises and Recent Outbreaks – What have we learned – Dr Graeme Garner
  • FMD Response Policy Review – Proposed policy framework and three key elements – Dr Gardner Murray
  • FMD Response Policy Review – Movement controls – milk and dairy products – Dr Mike Bond
  • FMD Response Policy Review – Role of vaccination – Dr Eva-Maria Bernoth
  • FMD Response Policy Review – Proof of freedom regaining market access – Dr Ian Denney
• FMD Round Table Resolutions