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QUEENSLAND agricul- tural industries will need to comply with a new set of regulations around the use of medicines and poisons from September this year.
This follows the estab- lishment of the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 and the underpinning regula- tions governing their use.
Queensland United Egg Producers in collabora- tion with Intensive Animal Industry Vets, specialists and the Stockfeed Manu- facturer’s Council of Aus- tralia has facilitated an industry technical work- ing group to review the draft regulations, and pro- vide feedback and recom- mendations to Queensland Health, who have intro- duced the legislation.
have engaged extensively with Queensland Health to ensure compliance issues are addressed in terms as practical as possible.
expected that current good manufacturing practices for stock feed and the ex- isting approved use of vet- erinary medicines will not be significantly impacted.
by JOHN COWARD CEO
The proposed regulations will have impacts across feed production, transport and storage where medi- cines are included.
The Queensland egg industry was well repre- sented by industry veteri- narians including egg in- dustry vets Dr Rod Jenner and Dr Jodi Cortice, and supported by Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia executive officer Duncan Rowland and my- self from QUEP.
Both government agen- cies and industry will pro- vide further advice on the requirements of the regu- lations to ensure a smooth introduction and adoption of any new requirements.
This will include stock- feed suppliers and home millers.
Representatives from feedlots, dairy and chicken meat, and egg industries were also consulted to identify any specific con- cerns.
QUEP will assist in the circulation of information and explanation of require- ments.
The use, storage and pre- scribing of medicines for farm animals will also be addressed in the new regu- lations.
While there are a num- ber of issues being debated with the regulators still – including the development of regulation guidelines to assist the introduction of the new legislation – it is
A final thanks to the members of the technical working group for the con- siderable time provided over the past month on the detail of impacts and practical solutions to new regulatory requirements.
QUEP together with Queensland Farmers’ Fed- eration and associated in- tensive animal industries
Call me on 0407 622 166 for more detail on the im- pacts of these new regula- tions on your business.
Welcome to APSS 2022
THE Australian Poultry Science Symposium is the premier avian science conference in Australia, attracting delegates from across Australia and all around the world.
of new attendees in 2021, and we strongly believe that this with the live virtual streaming of the event again next year, we are primed to reach 400- 500 delegates in 2022.
Going virtual extended the reach of the confer- ence, both locally and in- ternationally, and we look forward to the continual growth of the APSS fam- ily over the years to come.
APSS 2022 will be the 33rd edition of the sympo- sium and, after a very suc- cessful virtual event this year, we are extremely excited to present the con- ference as a hybrid event for 2022.
The over-arching theme will be ‘Sustainability - A Brave New World’.
For all those who didn't attend last year, we hope you consider re-joining the event in 2022, with planning already well un- der way to offer the hybrid version of the conference in February next year.
Over the past five years, we have witnessed a steady growth in attend- ance of the conference and even when the COV- ID-19 pandemic meant we could only off a virtual conference last February, we managed to reach a re- cord number of attendees and surpass our 300-del- egate goal.
There will again be an interesting array of local and international invited speakers, and as always, we will be inviting re- searchers far and wide to submit and present a large range of scientific papers, loaded with industry-rele- vant content.
APSS 2022 will return to a three-day program, filled with up to eight invited speaker presenta- tions – international and Australian – and as al- ways a range of relevant and current research from our peer-reviewed submit- ted papers.
The impact of the global travel restrictions will still be hugely felt in 2022, however we are looking forward to getting all of the local Australian and New Zealand delegation back together for a physi- cal event.
By using the most up- to-date conferencing soft- ware, we will be able to offer our virtual attendee's opportunities to network with each other, as well participate in the live questions and answers session during the event, and the ability to connect with other delegates at the event using the meeting hub.
It is also the time of year we release dates for next year's event.
We already witnessed an extraordinary number
We take this opportu- nity to again thank all who attended this year’s record-breaking virtual conference.
We open our online pa- per submissions on July 1, 2021, so if you plan to be involved and want to present at APSS 2022, then it’s time to start writ- ing up your latest research outcomes.
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