Two people have been prosecuted in Kerang Magistrates’ Court for offences under the Livestock Diseases Control Act.

Both were ordered to make financial contributions to the court fund after pleading guilty to offending under the Act.

The accused were charged with the manipulation of the National Livestock Identification System database.

One man, who worked for an agent, was dealt with on December, 19 last year.

National Vendor Declarations accompanying the livestock, signed by the two, were also false, and as a result, a feedlot was misled about the origins of the livestock.

Agriculture Victoria compliance manager Daniel Bode said livestock traceability was a fundamental component of the Australian agriculture industry.

“It enables livestock biosecurity risks and disease outbreaks to be tracked, traced and controlled and provides certainty of our livestock products through the supply chain.

“The NLIS is a nationwide scheme that underpins livestock traceability.

“Every movement of cattle from one property (with a PIC), to another property (with a different PIC), must be recorded on the NLIS database to maintain life-time traceability.

“False or misleading information about the movement of livestock affects both the government and industry’s ability to trace livestock in an emergency disease or food safety incident, or to provide good evidence to trading partners that the origin and ultimately the safety of the livestock product are verifiable,” Mr Bode said.

Mr Bode said despite the drought conditions affecting much of Victoria, farmers obligations to their livestock remained.

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