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You have an important role to play in protecting your property and the entire pork industry from biosecurity threats.

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 pig farmers.

Pigs | Feeding your pigs

Disease alert: Japanese encephalitis (JE)

Protect your pigs from mosquitoes which are the major vector for JE, read more here or download our handy factsheet here


Biosecurity toolkit

As a pig farmer, the number one way to protect yourself from biosecurity risks is to keep diseases, pests and weeds out of your piggery business. Australian Pork Limited has developed a number of tools and resources to help you keep your pigs healthy and protect the entire industry from disease risks.
For more information visit the Pig Biosecurity Management Planning Resource page here.

National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Pork Production

The National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Pork Production was updated in October 2021 to align with changes to the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program (APIQ✓®). The manual outlines the minimum biosecurity requirements that producers should implement on-farm. It is designed as a tool that all pig producers, particularly those with larger scale enterprises who employ significant numbers of staff and/or contractors, can use to translate biosecurity requirements into operating procedures and work instructions. It should be read as a first point of call for all pork producers and used in conjunction with our other biosecurity toolkit resources.

Read it here

PigPass National Vendor Declaration scheme

PigPass is one part of the industry’s comprehensive traceability system. It is the pork industry’s National Vendor Declaration (NVD) scheme, which ensures that movements of pigs are documented, and in the event of a problem, are traceable. If you need to move pigs off your property then you will need a PigPass NVD. This NVD records the number of pigs moved, the Property Identification Codes (PIC) of the properties involved, the tattoo number of the pigs and other important information.

Find out more about PigPass

Swill feeding

Feeding ‘swill’ to pigs is illegal in all states and territories of Australia. Feeding swill to pigs is the most likely way that Australian livestock may be exposed to an exotic disease agent like foot and mouth disease.

Swill includes meat or meat products, or anything that has been in contact with meat or meat products. Swill may include food scraps, bakery waste and waste from restaurants. It generally does not include tallow, gelatin, dairy products or commercially rendered meat and bone meal or fish meal. For more information download the swill feeding fact sheet or visit the Feeding your pigs page.

Resources
Japanese Encephalitis Factsheet: Controlling Mosquitoes Around Piggeries (262 KB)
Biosecurity Management Plan Template (INTERACTIVE PDF) (577 KB)
Biosecurity Management Plan Template (PRINT PDF) (360 KB)
Farm Biosecurity sign (372 KB)
Business guide to managing biosecurity risks of food recycling (270 KB)
Biosecurity Declaration (89 KB)

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APIQ✓®

APIQ✓®  is the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance program. It uses the principles of Hazard Analysis and managing Critical Control Points (HACCP).

APIQ✓® provides the framework and standards by which Australian pig producers can demonstrate they are responsible farmers who care for their animals, the environment and their customers by following safe and sustainable practices.

Biosecurity is one of the five major components of the APIQ✓® program, helping you manage health risks to your pigs, to other pigs and people.

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