The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is excited to be part of Beef2024 in Rockhampton, Queensland.
Contemporary science-based agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical regulation plays a vital role in ensuring the quality and safety of Australian beef. The APVMA regulates a range of chemical products that play a key role in animal welfare and high-quality beef production, such as pesticides used on cattle grazing land, antibiotics, hormonal growth promotants and other therapeutic agents. We also maintain Export Slaughter Interval (ESI) guidelines for beef producers and Australia’s trading partners.
By ensuring chemicals used in the production of Australian beef are safe and effective, the APVMA’s commitment to scientific excellence is supporting the beef industry now and into the future.
Find out more:
- Export slaughter intervals of veterinary chemicals for use in cattle – the minimum time that should elapse between administration of a veterinary chemical to animals and their slaughter for export.
- Veterinary drug residues in food commodities and overseas trade – before granting an application for a veterinary chemical product, the APVMA must be satisfied that the chemical product (if used according to the label) would not unduly prejudice trade.
- Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria develop resistance to the drugs designed to treat them. Antibiotic resistance is a global public health and animal health concern.
- Hormonal growth promotants (HGPs) – a veterinary chemical product containing a substance that enhances growth or production in bovines or bubalines.
- Residues – in cooperation with peak industry bodies, the APVMA maintains a series of residue guidelines addressing specific residue requirements.