Biosecurity Preparedness Webinar for Service Providers
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Friday, 1 August 2025 | 3:30pm AEST | Online
The Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) invites all service providers working with the lot feeding sector to attend an important Biosecurity Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Preparedness Webinar in August 2025.
This timely session is designed to strengthen our industry’s readiness to respond effectively to emergency animal disease threats and ensure service providers understand their role in the event of an EAD incursion.
About the Webinar
Facilitated by ALFA Technical Officer Jeff House and featuring insights from Rachael O’Brien, Manager - Feedlot Industry Biosecurity, this webinar offers a practical, scenario-based approach to emergency preparedness. It will walk attendees through real-world response actions and ensure participants are across the latest requirements and expectations.
Please note: This is a preparedness exercise only. Australia remains free from Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).
Why you should attend
Service providers play a critical role in supporting feedlots during a biosecurity emergency. Whether you’re on-site regularly or occasionally, understanding the protocols, risks and response measures is vital to industry biosecurity.
The webinar will cover:
Your role in an EAD response, and how to support a coordinated approach
Key updates to the NFAS, including LM7 changes that may affect your work
Best-practice biosecurity principles tailored for service providers
Emergency action planning and how it differs for exotic vs endemic threats
Destruction, Disposal, and Decontamination (DDD) – what’s involved and how to contribute
Part of a national effort
This session is part of ALFA’s national EAD Biosecurity Project; a proactive initiative aimed at building industry-wide resilience through training and awareness. It is the first webinar of its kind specifically for service providers and complements a national workshop series being delivered to feedlot operators.
If you’re a veterinarian, nutritionist, animal health supplier, QA officer, auditor or other professional servicing the feedlot sector, this is an opportunity to ensure you’re prepared to support your clients when it matters most.
