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Poultry Industry Calendar of Events
2019
JUN 12-13 – Australian Biosecurity Symposium, Gold Coast, QLD www. biosym.com.au
JUN 13 – Entries close – Royal Melbourne Poultry Show, The Grand Pavilion, Melbourne, VIC www.rasv. com.au/royal-melbourne-poultry- show
JUN 23-26 –European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and XVIII European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products, Izmir, Turkey www.eggmeat2019.com
JUL 10-12 – International Course ANECA Posture, Aguascalientes, Mexico www.aneca.org.mx
SEP 4-6 – International Poultry Science Symposium, Polanczyk Poland www.wpsa.pl
SEP 16-20 –World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress, Bangkok, Thailand www.wvpac2019.com
SEP 20 – Judging – Royal Melbourne Poultry Show, The Grand Pavilion, Melbourne, VIC www.rasv.com.au/ royal-melbourne-poultry-show
OCT 23 - 25 – European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic www.espg2019.org
NOV 5 - 7 – Poultry Tech Summit, Atlanta, US www.wattglobalmedia. com/poultrytechsummit
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LAST month the RSP- CA released its 2019 Ap- proved Farming Scheme Standards for meat chickens, which outlines production practices and animal welfare require- ments that aim to meet the birds’ behavioural and physiological needs.
This comprehensive framework is designed to assist the industry to continually improve and demonstrate good animal welfare outcomes.
The Standard includes new sections regarding the expansion of training and competency stand- ards for staff and more detail around health mon- itoring and vaccinations.
There are also new in- clusions concerning the placement of chicks, feed and water, environment and housing and minor amendments to stocking density, animal husbandry and management and ani- mal handling sections.
For many growers these changes won’t come as a surprise, following an ex- tensive and inclusive con-
by TRAVIS TOBIN CEO
sultation period with all stakeholders.
RSPCA should be com- mended for its efforts to ensure effective commu- nication with growers, processors and industry representative bodies and for acknowledging their concerns and the realities of farming within the up- dated Standard.
The Queensland poul- try industry expects the transition to implement the changes should be reasonably smooth, which reflects the level of con- fidence it has in the pro- cess.
However, the RSPCA is
not alone in creating and implementing animal wel- fare standards for meat chickens.
Others include Animal Health Australia, Free Range Egg and Poultry Australia, McDonald’s Australia and KFC.
While this creates mar- ket opportunities for growers, it also creates greater compliance and administration demands if they are supplying to more than one market, as separate guidelines must be followed and reported against.
For some businesses this is unnecessarily compli-
cated and costly and it is not sufficiently rewarded through the prices grow- ers receive.
With that in mind and the need to tell a better story about how the in- dustry produces ethical and safe food for con- sumers to counter the rise of unjustified animal activism, there is a com- pelling case for greater recognition of equiva- lence across the various standards.
The duplication of standards and the as- sociated costs remain a barrier to the increased productivity and capacity
of the poultry and other intensive agricultural in- dustries.
Greater standardisation would also send a simple and authoritative message to consumers that many elements of the various animal welfare programs are being met.
Even more powerful would be a united ac- knowledgement from the owners of these programs that the poultry industry is operating in a respon- sible and ethical manner and continues to deliver animal welfare outcomes that go beyond regulatory requirements.
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