Who owns and operates the NFAS?
NFAS is owned by the Australian Lot Feeding Industry through AUS-MEAT Limited. AUS-MEAT administers the scheme through the Feedlot Industry Accreditation Committee (FLIAC). This Committee has the following responsibilities:
- manage the NFAS;
- ensure the effective operation of the NFAS by recommending changes to it;
- assesses recommendations from AUS-MEAT on the accreditation status of individual feedlots;
- make recommendations to the AUS-MEAT Committee on the outcomes of appeals from Feedlots relevant to their Accreditation status; and
- report to the wider community on the status of the Australian feedlot industry based on objective information generated from monitoring of the scheme.
Organisations represented in the FLIAC are:
- AUS-MEAT Limited
- Australian Lot Feeders' Association (ALFA)
- NSW Feed Lot Advisory Council (NSW FLAC)
- QLD Feed Lot Advisory Committee (QLD FLAC)
- Victorian Feedlot Committee (VFC)
