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Politicisation of biosecurity in the media is unhelpful, AMIC warns

The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) is calling on stakeholders to stop politicising biosecurity in Australia.

“The continual politicisation of biosecurity in the media is unhelpful,” said AMIC CEO Patrick Hutchinson.

“The meat industry, and the Australian government, have been working together on the prevention of incursion of emergency animal diseases in Australia, not just from Indonesia, but from other nations as well.

“AMIC has been a strong contributor and supporter of the federal government response to the preparatory work on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy…

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