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Clean labelling interactive online workshop
Housing order in restricted area ends in the Golden Plains Shire
THE housing order in place in the restricted area of the Golden Plains Shire to help manage detections of avian influenza ended at 11.59pm on Monday October 19.
Golden Plains Shire to continue to practise good biosecurity and take steps to stop their poultry mixing with wild birds,” Dr Cooke said.
been eliminated and that if the situation changes, we can respond quickly.
biosecurity practices in order to prevent a recur- rence of the disease at any time.
Victoria’s chief veteri- nary officer Dr Graeme Cooke said the end of the housing order will coincide with a reduc- tion in the size of the control area to reflect the progression of the response to eradicate avian influenza detec- tions in the Shire.
“The end of the hous- ing order and the refin- ing of the control area reflects the progression in the management of this outbreak, and there- fore a reduction in re- strictions placed on bird owners.
“Our surveillance operations, including swabbing and testing birds, will also continue to monitor the viral load of avian influenza in the area.”
• Keep drinking wa- ter and feed away from wild birds, pets and ver- min
“While this is another step in the right direc- tion, I strongly encour- age bird owners in the
“As we have said throughout this re- sponse, we are taking an incremental approach to our management to be confident that the threat of avian influenza has
However, several measures will remain in place until the end of the outbreak and check- ing the Agriculture Vic- toria website is advised to understand what those measures are.
• Keep domestic birds away from potentially contaminated water sources such as streams, dams, ponds and pud- dles
“Information and in- telligence gathered so far – along with no new detections – means we are able to take this step.
These practices in- clude:
• Ensure birds’ feed and water is clean from droppings or animal waste
“We are grateful for the efforts of both in- dustry and the commu- nity for their assistance with this response, whether it has been supporting our ongoing surveillance efforts or reporting dead or sick birds to the Emergency Animal Disease Hot- line,” Dr Cooke said.
• Regularly clean your chicken coop, including feeders, drinkers and equipment
All poultry and cap- tive bird owners must continue to follow good
For more information about maintaining good biosecurity practices go to agriculture.vic.gov. au/avianflu
• Feed your birds good quality feed from a rep- utable feed mill
• Frequently replace nesting materials.
Report sick or dead birds to the all hours Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.
THERE is enormous pressure on food product suppliers and retailers to present products as natural and as free from artificial substances as possible.
Zealand Food Standards Code.
ral’, a ‘superfood’ or ‘100 percent free of anything artificial’.
With this in mind, it is essential to know pre- cisely how every ingredi- ent and substance will or might be declared on the product label and market- ing – if it has to be de- clared at all.
• How can I simplify my long ingredients list?
FoodLegal have organ- ised an interactive online workshop to focus on the food labelling obligations under the Australia New
The workshop also cov- ers claims and marketing strategies that go hand-in- hand with clean labelling practices, such as claim- ing your product is ‘natu-
• When does a food sub- stance become a process- ing aid, or a food additive, or a nutritive substance?
The workshop will cover how these obligations un- der the ANZFSC can be interpreted, applied and circumnavigated to pre- sent the cleanest image of your product, and of course, without mislead- ing or deceiving your consumers in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.
FoodLegal will help an- swer questions such as:
• When can I leave an ingredient off the label?
• What makes a sub- stance ‘artificial’?
• How do I avoid breach- ing the Australian Con- sumer Law?
The FoodLegal interac- tive workshop will be held on Tuesday November 24, 2020 via Zoom at 9.00am to 1.00pm Australia East- ern Daylight Savings Time.
Early bird price offer for registrations before No- vember 5, 2020.
Numbers are limited to ensure an interactive ex- perience.
Register at foodlegal. com.au
Pump pushes sludge uphill
BLANTYRE Farms is a highly productive mixed farming and livestock business situated near Young in NSW.
Farms’ maintenance man- ager Mark Schulz contact- ed Hydro Innovations, in search of a suitable pump for the application.
dinary pumps just couldn’t handle the slurry.”
expertise,” Mr Rothheudt said.
The business needed a reliable pump to transfer sludge from its covered methane gas dam.
The problem for the farm was that the slurry had the consistency of molasses and pumping it 1km up a hill to the ponds proved no easy feat for standard pumps.
The operation of this style of pump is derived from human ‘peristalsis’ intestinal muscle move- ments – an alternating contraction and relaxa- tion of muscles around a tube to coax the contents through.
Ragazzini pumps use a roller on bearing de- sign, so the casing does not have to be filled and re-filled with expensive lubricating fluid.
In other words, it found itself facing that very old, very Australian co- nundrum of how to push slurry uphill.
Hydro Innovations’ NSW regional manager Phil Rothheudt said, “Or-
“Peristaltic pumps are usually found in medi- cal situations, and often used to pump blood,” Mr Rothheudt said.
This means hose chang- es are quicker and cleaner, and owners are able to take advantage of Raga- zzini’s fast leak detection system, which alerts own- ers when a hose needs replacing.
That’s when Blantyre
The solution was to use a Ragazzini MS3 Peristaltic Pump.
“We can turn an enquiry around in the same day and offer a solution – we know the specifics – that’s what matters.”
Mr Schulz was happy with the results and said, “The information sup- plied by Phil to select the correct pump for our ap- plication was great, as was the communication for the actual purchase.”
Pumps can be used on suction lifts up to 9m and can produce pressures to 15 bar.
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A Ragazzini MS3 Peristaltic Pump pushes sludge
uphill.
“Our success is due to a team with many years of
For more information, visit hydroinnovations. com.au or call 02 9898 1800.
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