Who Owns & Operates 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)