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Oyster Projects 2007/719 - Protecting the safety and quality of Australian oysters with integrated predictive tools
Southern Rocklobster Projects
General Projects 2004/401 - A market access guide for seafood exporters: International residues 2007/708 - A review of predictive and rapid diagnostic technologies relevant to the Australian seafood industry (completed project) 2007/709 - A review of technical market access issues relevant to Australian seafood industry members of the Seafood CRC (completed project) 2007/710 - Review of traceability and freshness indicator (completed project) 2007/712 - Technical market access review product quality and itegrity research program technical market access support program (completed project) _______________________________________________________________________ |
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A Market Access Guide for Seafood Exporters: International Residues Project Number - 2004/401 (adopted FRDC project) Start Date - 1st May 2004 End Date - 1st September 2009 Principal Investigator - Mr David Padula Research Provider - South Australian Research and Development Institute CRC Research End User - South Australian Research and Development Institute
About the Project The continued development of the seafood and aquaculture industries is heavily dependent on sustainable export market access. An important component of this market access is compliance with the residue standards of market destination countries. The purpose of this project is to provide ongoing up-to-date information on country specific access requirements for a broad range of markets for a wide range of seafood industry sectors. There is a general lack of standardised testing, sampling and the technical basis of these regulatory standards for contaminants across trading partner nations. Other critical information on sampling and analytical methods is not freely available. Consequently, the equivalence of Australian monitoring data is difficult to evaluate. Information provided in this project will overcome these barriers. Target markets to be included in the market access guide include: Japan, China, United States, European Union, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thialand, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Project Objectives 1. Produce a web-based database on seafood contaminant standards in major export trading partner nations for Australian aquaculture and wild capture fisheries. 2. Produce a listing of veterinary medicines registered for aquaculture usage in Australia. 3. Inform peak industry bodies and Australian Commonwealth agencies on importing country-specific residue standards. |
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________________________________________________________________________ A Critical Evaluation of Supply-Chain Temperature Profiles to Optimise Food Safety and Quality of Australian Oysters Project Number - 2007/700 Start Date - 31st August 2007 End Date - 31st August 2008 Principal Investigator - Mr Thomas Madigan Research Provider -South Australian Research and Development Institute CRC Research End User - Oyster Consortium
About the Project This project is designed to provide critical data in the development of predictive tools, to increase value chain effiiciency enabling better management of food safety risks associated with microbiological hazards in the Australian seafood cool chain. Project Objectives 1. Evaluate Australian oyster cool chain processes to underpin food safety and optimise commercial quality. 2. Identify future research, investment, education and training priorities to implement best practice time temperature regimes for the Australian oyster industry. 3. Provide input to the development of an Australian Oyster Refrigeration Index to assist industry and regulators to optimise time temperature regimes that assure food safety. |
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________________________________________________________ Assessment of New Market Opportunities and Development of Effective Market Penetration Strategies for Australian Southern Rocklobster in the USA, Middle East and Europe Project Number - 2007/704 Start Date - 1st July 2007 End Date - 30th June 2010 Principal Investigator - Mr Roger Edwards Research Provider - University of South Australian and Southern Rocklobster Ltd CRC Research End User - Southern Rocklobster Ltd About the Project This project aims to develop fundamental tools that will provide the Australian Southern Rocklobster industry with entry in to the super premium, fine-dining sector in the USA by establishing the capacity to guarantee a product to the marketplace in accordance with market values and to deliver quality product to the marketplace. It also aims to create the most effective communication tool to engage the marketplace and to trial the standards based supply-chain management system to deliver the ultimate guarantee to this sector at an increased value per unit. Project Objectives 1. To develop a new supply-chain system which guarantees consistent supply and quality of Australian Southern Rocklobster to the super premium, fine-dining sector specifications in the USA. 2. To develop a niche distrubution system for Australian Southern Rocklobster that services the super premium, fine-dining sector in the USA. 3. To develop the most effective communication system to support the entry of Australian Southern Rocklobster to the super premium, fine-dining sector in the USA. |
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________________________________________________________ Establish the Technical and Market Data to Assess the Feasibility of Live Bivalve Mollusc (Australian Oysters) Access in USA - Stage 1 Project Number - 2007/706 Start Date - 1st January 2007 End Date - 1st January 2010 Principal Investigator - Mr Matthew Muggleton Research Provider - South Australian Oyster Research Council CRC Research End User - Oyster Consortium
About the Project Australian oyster producers in South Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales have identified a potential for the sectors to achieve a premium price for Australian product if current technical barriers to trade could be removed to allow live Australian oysters in to the US market. While Australia's Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program (ASQAP) system is largely based on the US Food and Drug Administration Program, industry driven changes to new, more cost effective monitoring tests has meant that the current program is somewhat different to the US program. It was initially thought that the costs associated with entering the US market would make it a cost prohibitive process but more recently, the US Food and Drug Administration has made the decision to recognise the current shellfish harvest area classifications (subject to verification that the current ASQAP microbiological testing methodologies yield the same results) as National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) methodologies. Therefore, the Australian oyster industry and regulators would need to be convinced that changing methodologies would not put our shellfish sanitation program at a disadvantage. The industry now needs to consider the business case for opening, developing and maintaining a new market for Australian oysters in the USA. This project will assist the industry to investigate their needs at a commercial and technical market level. Project Objectives 1. Determine the commercial feasibility for the Australian oysters grwoers to access, develop and maintain a market in the USA. _________________________________________________________________________ |
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A Review of Predictive and Rapid Diagnostic Technologies Relevant to the Australian Seafood Industry Completed Project - Check out the Seafood CRC Bookshop! Project Number - 2007/708 Start Date - 19th September 2007 End Date - 2nd November 2007 Principal Investigator - Mr Ken Dods Research Provider - Chemistry Centre CRC Research End User - Australian Seafood CRC
About the Project This project consists of a critical review of seafood predictive and rapid diagnostic technologies relevant to the Australian seafood industry. The information from the review will provide a basis for determining where to invest in research and development and how to achieve the best and most effective return on this investment. Project Objectives 1. Identify current available predictive and rapid diagnostic technologies that are particularly relevant to the seafood industry. 2. Identify newly emerging predictive and rapid diagnostic technologies that may be relevant to the special requirements of seafood supply chains. 3. Provide a brief evaluation report detailing opportunities for the Cooperative Research Centre. ________________________________________________________________________ |
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A Review of Technical Market Access Issues Relevant to Australian Seafood Industry Members of the Australian Seafood CRC Completed Project - Check out the Seafood CRC Bookshop! Project Number - 2007/709 Start Date - 1st January 2007 End Date - 1st January 2010 Principal Investigator - Dr Andrew Pointon Research Provider - South Australian Research and Development Institute CRC Research End User - Australian Seafood CRC
About the Project This project consists of a critical review of technical market access support needs to inform the development of its market security program. The information will provide a basis for determining where to invest in research and development and how to achieve the best and most effective return on investment. Project Objectives 1. Identify current key markets for Australian seafood and the current techhnical requirements for market entry. 2. Identify and detail research and development work being undertaken in key markets in relation to food safety and product integrity that may impact on Australian seafood exporters. 3. Identify and detail work being done, or being proposed, internationally by industry or governments in relation to seafood safety and product integrity. 4. Investigate and detail current CODEX and other international activities that may influence the technical requirements of Australia's key markets. 5. Identify trends in rejections of Australian shipments and reasons for them. _______________________________________________________________________ |
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A Review of Traceability and Freshness Indicator Completed Project - Check out the Seafood CRC Bookshop! Project Number - 2007/710 Start Date - 1st January 2007 End Date - 2nd November 2007 Principal Investigator - Professor Mark Tamplin Research Provider - University of Tasmania CRC Research End User - Australian Seafood CRC About the Project This project consists of a critical review to evaluate the traceability and freshness indicator technologies that are relevant to the Australian seafood industry. Such information will serve as the foundation for future studies within the Seafood CRC that will integrate relevant technologies, foster innovation and result in high quality and safe Australian seafood products. Project Objectives 1. Identification of currently available traceability and freshness indicator technologies relevant to the seafood industry. 2. Definition of newly emerging traceability and freshness indicator technologies. 3. Explanation of how such systems may integrate with seafood businesses. 4. Identification of key organisations involved in developing these technologies. 5. Potential directions that these technologies may go over the next 10 years. 6. An evaluation report describing how the CRC can trial and adapt traceability and freshness indicator technologies. ______________________________________________________________________ |
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Technical Market Access Review: Product Quality and Integrity Research Program and Technical Market Access Support Program Completed Project - Check out the Seafood CRC Bookshop! Project Number - 2007/712 Start Date - 1st July 2007 End Date - 2nd November 2007 Principal Investigator - Mr Kevin Shiell Research Provider - Vision Rural Services CRC Research End User - Australian Seafood CRC
About the Project This project will conduct an examination of technical market access and support arrangements to identify current infrastructure and support services relevant to provision of technical market access support within the Australian seafood industry. Project Objectives 1. To review the technical market access support infrastructure needs for the Australian Seafood CRC and provide guidance on investment in this area. ______________________________________________________________________ Protecting the Safety and Quality of Australian Oysters with Integrated Predictive Tools Project Number - 2007/719 Start Date - 1st January 2008 End Date - 30th January 2009 Principal Investigator - TBA Research Provider - University of Tasmania CRC Research End User - Oyster Consortium
About the Project This project will produce a software program containing a predictive refrigeration index that can be used by all stages of the oyster supply chain to control the risk of bacterial contamination, particularly Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Once approved by Australian and international bodies, the predictive index will assist in obtaining greater access to national and international markets. Project Objectives 1. To produce a validated and robust Vibrio parahaemolyticus model that is approved by Australian and international regulatory bosies to manage the live oyster cold chain, control the risk of Vibrio diseases and provide greater access to national and international markets. _____________________________________________________________________ |
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Develop, Conduct and Analyse a Small Survey of Seafood Buyers at European Seafood Exposition 2008 to Help Assess the Relative Importance of Key Attributes of Australian Seafood in Influencing Purchasing Decisions Project Number - 2008/721 Start Date - 15th March 2008 End Date - 30th June 2008 Principal Investigator - Mr Colin Bishop Research Provider - Seafood Services Australia CRC Research End User - Australian Seafood CRC
About the Project A small survey of buyers attending the Australian Pavillion at the European Seafood Exposition 2008 will provide some valuable baseline data regarding some of the potential drivers for increasing sales of Australian seafood. Project Objectives 1. To assess the relative importance of the key attributes of Australian seafood that affects purchasing decisions.
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