One Biosecurity

One Biosecurity (1B) is South Australia’s voluntary, free on-farm biosecurity management program for livestock producers.

Developed in collaboration with key industry groups, including Livestock SA, the online 1B portal helps to protect animal health. It supports producers to adopt good on-farm biosecurity practices and promotes risk management.

Benefits of joining One Biosecurity

Producers who use 1B can develop resilience and flexibility to meet the challenges of changing markets and potential disease threats.

By joining 1B, you will gain access to online tools for:

  • creating an approved biosecurity plan for your property that complements other accreditation programs
  • meeting the requirements for a biosecurity plan under the national Livestock Production Assurance Program
  • generating an Animal Health Declaration to accompany stock being transported
  • generating a Farm Biosecurity Rating and a Farm Disease Risk Rating that you can promote to existing domestic and international markets
  • using best practice biosecurity assessments, management, response advice and guidelines for multiple livestock diseases in South Australia
  • keeping all your farm biosecurity records in a single location, to be easily updated
  • viewing and benchmarking biosecurity ratings of other registered producers, to help you make informed purchasing decisions
  • contributing to the overall industry and regional biosecurity safeguards.

Who can use One Biosecurity

1B is only available to South Australian users, including:

  • livestock producers who have a current Property Identification Code (PIC)
  • livestock agents
  • livestock buyers
  • saleyards
  • abattoirs.

There are plans to integrate 1B with other applications which will make it more accessible to users in other states.

Data security

One Biosecurity has been developed with the highest security standards to ensure that data is secure. Security features include:

  • only PIRSA animal health staff are authorised to access producer details
  • producers can control which aspects of their enterprise profile other people can view - the default setting is private, and must be actively changed for information to be viewed publicly
  • users need to authenticate to access the 1B portal, via myPIRSA which prevents unauthorised access.

Register with One Biosecurity

The 1B program is free for users. There are not costs to register or access online tools.

Livestock producers can register on the One Biosecurity website.

Livestock agents, buyers, saleyards and abattoirs can register by contacting their local Animal Health Officer.

What happens after you register

The One Biosecurity portal takes you through the program’s 2 main components:

  1. biosecurity practices questionnaire
  2. endemic disease risk rating modules.

After answering the questionnaire, you receive a biosecurity rating for your enterprise.

You can also choose to complete a disease risk rating. This covers specific endemic diseases that occur in South Australia such as Johne’s disease for cattle and sheep, pestivirus for cattle, sheep lice, and ovine footrot.

Once your biosecurity profile is set up on the portal, you have the choice to share it publicly or keep it private.

To ensure credibility, all information you provide will be verified by PIRSA animal health officers. This is done through online checks of your claims as well as random and targeted on-farm assessments.

Learn more about the One Biosecurity online portal (PDF 1.7 MB)

Why we need One Biosecurity

Learn why One Biosecurity is so important to South Australia’s multi-billion livestock industry.

Introduction to One Biosecurity


One Biosecurity with Geoff Power


1B is here


We are 1B


How One Biosecurity helps the livestock industry

A strong biosecurity framework is critical to grow and support South Australia’s primary industries. It protects our reputation for exceptional food and wine and maintains  a market advantage for producers, in both international and domestic markets.

One Biosecurity is helping the livestock sector address demand for greater market credibility and product traceability. This includes:

  • supporting market access by providing reliable details about biosecurity practices of the property of origin
  • enabling agents, buyers and abattoirs to employ credible and transparent checks for on-farm biosecurity practices and animal health management, before and at point of purchase
  • providing credible assurances to existing domestic and international markets
  • helping producers to meet potential new market access requirements
  • assisting allied industries involved in the purchase and transport of cattle and sheep to make informed purchasing decisions, leading to better risk management when purchasing livestock
  • helping improve disease surveillance and analysis capability, which is vital for the early detection of animal disease emergencies.

One Biosecurity brings a level of transparency to livestock trade that helps secure South Australia's status as a producer of healthy, market-ready livestock.

One Biosecurity style guide and logos

Livestock producers and allied businesses registered with 1B can access digital and physical materials to promote their 1B registration.

Download the One Biosecurity Style Guide (PDF 476.3 KB) to find suggestions, material and guidelines to help you share your One Biosecurity story.

Registered One Biosecurity users can also download the below 1B motifs for their own use. For further advice or assistance on using the 1B motif, please email: 1BSupport@sa.gov.au

Contact and support

For technical support or questions regarding your One Biosecurity registration, including how to undertake a risk assessment of your property:

Email: 1BSupport@sa.gov.au
Phone: (08) 8429 3300 during business hours

Biosecurity Animal Health Officers can advise producers on how to improve their farm biosecurity practices with practical information. Find your local Animal Health Officer

Report serious or unusual symptoms or behaviour in your livestock.

More information

Page last reviewed: 01 Sep 2022

 


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