NSQA Newsletter April 2018 IAN A0050263X ABN 76 657 458 542 National Saleyards Quality Assurance Inc. Postal address: 518 Bamganie Road, MEREDITH, VIC., 3333 Phone: 0422 312 607 E-mail: .au President: Ian O’Loan OAM Executive Officer: Mark McDonald President’s Report for sale. It is the duty of revised national standards receiving staff not to (2017) the Name “No You will have received an accept these animals or if Saleyards Manual” will be earlier email to members requiring destruction to updated shortly to regarding the NSQA remove them to areas include the new revised Executive Officer. The with no public access as standards. board welcomes Mark soon as possible. McDonald to the role. Producers should be A familiarisation With his industry better educated re presentation has been experience Mark has transport of these animals prepared to assist both come in with his feet on along with the accredited and the ground. The changes transporters. yards moving foreseen in the past are to accreditation, this pilot now coming to fruition I am aware a lot of these will be presented at with newsletters instances occur with forthcoming ALMA electronic and the small producers who mangers meeting. website becoming more don’t have on property Ian O’Loan OAM President user friendly. contact with livestock agents, education is NEW EXECUTIVE Animal Welfare is an difficult, but the only way OFFICER ongoing at saleyards, NSQA yards can uphold closely monitored by their standard is by not activist organisations. accepting animals not fit Under NSQA code of for sale. NSQA has recently practice animals classified employed a new as fit to load” are For saleyards not yet “not Executive Officer to not able to be presented accredited to the current
NSQA Newsletter April 2018 National Saleyards Quality Assurance Inc. IAN A0050263X ABN 76 657 458 542 Postal address: 518 Bamganie Road, MEREDITH, VIC., 3333 Phone: 0422 312 607 E-mail: .au President: Ian O’Loan OAM Executive Officer: Mark McDonald President’s Report You will have received an earlier email to members regarding the NSQA Executive Officer. The board welcomes Mark McDonald to the role. With his industry experience Mark has come in with his feet on the ground. The changes foreseen in the past are now coming to fruition with newsletters electronic and the website becoming more user friendly. Animal Welfare is an ongoing at saleyards, closely monitored by activist organisations. Under NSQA code of practice animals classified as “not fit to load” are not able to be presented for sale. It is the duty of receiving staff not to accept these animals or if requiring destruction to remove them to areas with no public access as soon as possible. Producers should be better educated re transport of these animals along with the transporters. I am aware a lot of these instances occur with small producers who don’t have on property contact with livestock agents, education is difficult, but the only way NSQA yards can uphold their standard is by not accepting animals not fit for sale. For saleyards not yet accredited to the current revised national standards (2017) the “No Name Saleyards Manual” will be updated shortly to include the new revised standards. A familiarisation presentation has been prepared to assist both accredited and yards moving to accreditation, this pilot will be presented at forthcoming ALMA mangers meeting. Ian O’Loan OAM President NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER NSQA has recently employed a new Executive Officer to
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