You have an important role to play in protecting your property and the entire egg industry from biosecurity threats.
AI is a highly contagious viral disease that affects birds. With the recent outbreak in Victoria, poultry owners are advised to be vigilant and take biosecurity seriously. Click here to learn more about the disease and here to find key resources for managing an AI response.
On this page, you will find the tools to implement the simple, everyday biosecurity practices to protect the health of your livestock, limit production losses and help maintain market access for Australia’s egg producers.
The National Farm Biosecurity Technical Manual for Egg Production is now available for egg producers. The purpose of this manual was to provide a minimum set of biosecurity standards, applicable to all poultry producers (including ratites). While it specifically deals with commercial layer chicken and table egg production, the principles of this manual are applicable to other poultry species used for egg production and should be followed.
Egg Corp Assured
Biosecurity is a major component of Egg Standards of Australia, a national egg quality assurance program designed to help commercial egg producers develop an approved quality assurance program for their business and be recognised for doing so. Developed by Australian Eggs, the program also covers food safety, animal welfare, egg labelling and environmental sustainability.
National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Poultry Production
The National Farm Biosecurity Technical Manual for Egg Production establishes a minimum set of biosecurity standards applicable to all poultry producers. While the manual was produced with commercial producers in mind, the principles of good biosecurity apply to any poultry or bird-raising operation.
National Water Biosecurity Manual – Poultry Production
The manual identifies what water sources are safe to be used by the Australian poultry industry, which is an important issue because contaminated water can cause disease outbreaks.
Salmonella Risk Assessment Toolkit
Australian Eggs have provided an online Salmonella Risk Assessment Toolkit to help egg farmers and supply chain participants identify possible risk factors in all aspects of egg production and processing, as required by food safety and regulatory authorities.
Interim guidelines for persons working with poultry and other birds at risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza
The guidelines provide summary information on avian influenza, and specific health and safety advice for personnel involved in the handling, farming or processing of poultry and poultry products, and other workers who may be exposed to birds or their associated products (secretions, faeces, litter, eggs and meat), potentially contaminated with highly pathogenic avian influenza.
National guidelines for avian influenza:protecting people who work with birds and wildlife
Protecting domestic poultry and birds from emergency animal diseases
Maintaining sound on-farm biosecurity is very important in preventing the single biggest threat to the poultry industry’s sustainability – an outbreak of an emergency animal disease. That’s why Australian Eggs works closely with governments and industry partners to keep out potentially disastrous exotic threats.
