Animal Health Australia (AHA) works with the pork industry to develop and implement national programs to safeguard the health of Australia’s commercial pig population.

Biosecurity

See our Farm Biosecurity website for pig biosecurity information and associated documents.

Pig producers should use the National Farm Biosecurity Reference Manual for Pork Production on their properties.

Diseases

See emergency disease preparedness, including AUSVETPLANs for various diseases.

Swill feeding

Feeding ‘swill’ to pigs is illegal in all states and territories of Australia. Feeding swill to pigs is the most likely way that Australian livestock may be exposed to an exotic disease agent, like foot and mouth disease. Swill includes meat or meat products, or anything that has been in contact with meat or meat products. Swill may include food scraps, bakery waste and waste from restaurants.  It generally does not include tallow, gelatin, dairy products or commercially rendered meat and bone meal or fish meal.

AHA is working with Australian Pork Limited (APL) and all Australian governments on the Prohibited Pig Feed (Swill) Compliance and Awareness Project.

Traceability

NLIS (Pork) refers to the Australian pork industry’s Pork Supply Chain Integrity System, including animal identification and traceability to support trade.

PigPass is a national tracking system which provides real time information on the movements of all pigs in Australia. From 1 February 2018, state and territory governments will be introducing mandatory reporting of all pig movements to the PigPass database.

Related links

• Australian Pork Limited (APL) is a member of AHA and represents the industry in national programs.