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The federal government will take an appeal against a judge's ruling on the nation's quarantine system to the full Federal Court.
The Agriculture Department outlined its grounds for appeal against a decision by Justice Murray Wilcox which has undermined the entire system used by quarantine authorities.
It follows Justice Wilcox's finding earlier this month in which he strongly criticised quarantine agency Biosecurity Australia and an import risk analysis it compiled that cleared the way...
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New challenges caused by diseases affecting the immune system of pigs have been addressed at meetings in China, Taiwan and the Philippines, in early June 2005. The meetings focused on two major causes of reduced immunity in pigs: Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) and mycotoxins. In total, more than 700 people came to attend these meetings and the long time spent on each occasion during the"questions and answers"session clearly showed their keen interest in these...
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Australian Pork Limited is seeking an immediate ban on all pork imports from countries affected by the exotic disease Post Weaning Systematic Wasting Syndrome.
The APL board was responding to a decision handed down by Mr Justice Wilcox in the Federal Court on May 27, which declared import protocols for pig meat invalid.
APL began legal action in July 2004 against the Director of Quarantine who ordered in May 2004 that conditional entry of pig meat from countries with PMWS should be...
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A common pig virus at the centre of a looming pork trade dispute is probably already present in Australia and should not be used as a trade barrier, Canadian scientific experts say.
An Australian court ruling that could result in a ban on pork imports from Canada, Denmark and the United States as early as next week is based on politics, not science, said John Ellis, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's veterinary college.
"I think is another example of a non-tariff trade...
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In Australia, federal court judge Murray Wilcox has criticised the nation's quarantine chief for allowing the importation of pork from several nations.
In a strongly worded judgment, he said the decision to allow the imports would ensure post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), which kills millions of piglets globally each year, would make its way into Australia.
He ruled Biosecurity Australia must develop a new import risk assessment, and must consult with Australia Pork Ltd...
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The Australian pork industry is within its domestic and international rights to fight a quarantine decision that could wipe out millions of local pigs, a key industry leader says.
Australian Pork Ltd (APL) chairman Nigel Smith said quarantine rules appeared to be swinging too much in support of free trade and not enough to preserving Australia's high disease-free status.
His warning echoed criticism last week by Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox of a decision by the nation's quarantine...
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Poor farm biosecurity helped in the spread of pig wasting disease PMWS, a new study has claimed.
The British Pig Executive-funded research, carried out by the University of Warwick, found that it took just three years for the disease to become endemic in the UK pig herd after it was first identified in south-east England in 2000.
It spread slowly north and, by 2003, the first cases were identified in Scotland.
Factors associated with farms that broke down early in the epidemic were...
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The credibility of the Import Risk Analysis process is in tatters today after the Federal Court vindicated the pork industry's concerns over the inadequacy of Australia’s quarantine protocols.
Justice Murray Wilcox ruled in the Federal Court today that the decision made by the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine on 10 May 2004 to adopt Biosecurity Australia’s Import Risk Analysis for imported pigmeat to be so unreasonable that no reasonable person could have made it.
Australian Pork...
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The need to keep our country free from emergency diseases such as: Classical Swine Fever, PRRS, PMWS, foot-and-mouth disease, BSE and Avian influenza has drawn commitments from State and Federal Governments and agricultural bodies to collaborate on protecting Australia's 'clean from disease' reputation.
In a series of initiatives including training, simulations, hotlines and awareness campaigns, implemented on behalf of the Australian Government, State Departments of Primary Industry and...
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The pork industry has stepped up its efforts to help keep Australia free from imported diseases.
Pig industry concerns focus especially on Swine Fever, PRRS, PMWS, foot-and-mouth disease, BSE and Avian influenza.
The pork industry comments about biosecutiry come just as Australia received a wake-up call, when New Zealand was rocked by a foot and mouth outbreak scare last week.
In a series of initiatives, producers are being provided with the skills and resources to minimise the risk...
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A major piece of research financed by Defra and the British Pig Executive (BPEX) has shed new light on the spread of PMWS.
The work was carried out by the University of Warwick and shows PMWS spread through Great Britain like an epidemic of a new infectious disease. The results will be presented to the Pig Veterinary Society at a meeting in Leeds on May 12 and 13.
A team of researchers collected data from 116 farms in England and Scotland from 2003 - 2004. Farmers were asked whether they...
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Pig slaughterings in 2005 are forecast to rise by 2% after an increase in the number of maiden gilts feeds through.
The Dec 2004 UK pig herd total of 476,000 was down by 7.4% on the previous year but maiden gilt numbers have risen by 13.8%.
This will be the first year on year increase in slaughter numbers since 1998, said to be due to increased sow productivity.
UK herd health and output has been greatly compromised by PRRS (Blue Ear Disease) since the early 1990s and more recently...
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Some setbacks in pigs that are commonly attributed to wasting disease are much more likely to be stress-related or nutritional in origin, and diet choice is a key factor, says Pork Chain Solutions.
Any compromise in feeding in the critical post-weaning phase will continue to manifest itself through the pig's life. This means producers end up grappling with symptoms rather than cause - particularly where the pigs change sites or departments.
Under these circumstances it is more difficult...
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The majority of New Zealand pork producers have voted to proceed with the development of a Pest Management Strategy (PMS) under the Biosecurity Act that will assist in containing the spread of the pig disease Post-weaning Multi-systemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS).
Producers representing 72% of the New Zealand pork production base, voting in a referendum conducted by the New Zealand Pork Industry Board voted in favour of proceeding with the development of the PMS.
The Board’s Chief...
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The third day of hearings into Australian Pork Limited's legal challenge to an import risk analysis for pig meat has heard from several overseas witnesses.
Amy Bainbridge reports APL is challenging the process behind an IRA from Biosecurity Australia permitting pig meat imports from more countries.
"Yesterday evidence centred around the statistical probability of the disease PMWS entering Australia in the case of more pig meat being imported, and the process that Biosecurity Australia...
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The pork industry is fuming that the final analysis permitting more pig meat imports won't be reviewed under Coalition policy.
Australian Pork Limited has taken legal action against the Government over the analysis, and both Labor and the Democrats say it should be done again.
APL's Nigel Smith says if the Coalition promised a review, his group would consider dropping the court action.
"Of course, certainly, if it's withdrawn obviously we would have to go back to the board for their...
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Taranaki has been officially cleared of the pig disease post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS).
Taranaki Pork Producers chairman Ted Gane of Normanby said the two piggeries in the region placed on restricted movement control by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry had been notified they did not have the disease and the restrictions on them had been lifted.
Mr Gane, who told Thursday Farmer six weeks ago that it appeared unlikely Taranaki had PMWS, said it was a big...
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"There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
This quote from US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld sums up the worries of some British pig producers about live pigs being brought into the country. European rules ensure live pigs entering Britain are clean and healthy, but how are they to be tested for the diseases that we...
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A group representing Australia's pork industry plans to mount a legal challenge to a new quarantine regime allowing further pig meat imports.
Biosecurity Australia's decision to allow the imports from a number of countries which meet disease control conditions has been upheld by an independent panel.
Australian Pork Ltd chairman Dr Paul Higgins believes it could lead to an outbreak in the next 10 years of the post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) that can kill pigs.
"Our...
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Pig farmers are urging pork industry bosses to think twice before trying an expensive and unproven strategy to combat a disease threatening the New Zealand pig farming industry. The strategy to eliminate post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) would involve reducing all stock numbers, fumigating piggeries, and starting from scratch on affected piggeries, effectively costing each farmer a year's production. A representative for some of the 25 farmers affected by the syndrome suggested...
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