Australian Dairy Industry In Focus 2009 - Dairying For Tomorrow

Australian Dairy Industry Council
The Australian Dairy Industry Council
(ADIC) is the dairy industry’s peak policy
body. It co-ordinates industry policy
and represents all sectors of the industry
on national and international issues.
The ADIC represents farmers, dairy
product manufacturers and milk processors
through its constituent organisations:
• Australian Dairy Farmers Limited; and
• Australian Dairy Products Federation.
The ADIC has the task of bringing these
bodies together to form a united view
on issues affecting the dairy industry.
Australian Dairy Farmers Limited
Australian Dairy Farmers Limited
(ADF) provides national representation
for dairy farmers and forms the
dairy commodity council of the
National Farmers’ Federation.
Its members include the six dairy farmer
organisations, representing each state:
• New South Wales Farmers’
Association’s Dairy Committee
NSWFA);
• Queensland Dairyfarmers’
Organisation (QDO);
• South Australian Dairyfarmers’
Association (SADA);
• Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers
Association’s Dairy Council (TFGA);
• United Dairyfarmers of Victoria
(UDV); and
• Western Australian Farmers’
Federation’s Dairy Council (WAFF).
Australian Dairy
Products Federation
The Australian Dairy Products Federation
(ADPF) is the national organisation
representing the interests of dairy product
manufacturers and traders. The ADPF’s
primary purpose is to promote the
interests of its members, and the dairy
industry in general, to the Australian
and State Governments and other
sectors of the community.
State food safety organisations
Each state has a food safety organisation
to ensure that individual processors
and dairy farmers comply with
food safety standards.
The Australian Dairy Authorities
Standards Committee (ADASC), with
representatives from each state food safety
organisation, ensures there is a national
approach to dairy food safety issues.
ADASC is responsible for the Australian
Milk Residue Analysis (AMRA) survey.
The six relevant state food safety
organisations are:
• New South Wales Food Authority;
• Safe Food Queensland;
• Dairy Authority of South Australia;
• Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority;
• Dairy Food Safety Victoria; and
• Department of Health, Western
Australia Dairy Safety Unit.
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