Frequently Asked Questions

myFeedback is MLA’s new beef and sheepmeat carcase feedback system. It is an online program designed to enable the timely sharing of industry data between processors, brand owners and producers (breeders and finishers) with the aim of optimising supply chain performance.

myFeedback, replacing the existing Livestock Data Link (LDL) product, will bring together data from the Meat Standards Australia (MSA), Animal Health Australia’s (AHA) National Sheep Health Monitoring Project (NSHMP) and the Animal Health Data (AHD). The system will link the data with analytical tools and benchmarking reports.

The myFeedback system provides insights which will allow users to identify solutions to flagged problem areas and provide aggregated datasets to third parties within their owned businesses.

myFeedback is a free service that is available from your myMLA account if you are an MSA accredited producer.

To access: 

• Login to your myMLA account. To set up a myMLA account click here. 
• If you are not an MSA accredited producer already. Register as an MSA producer click here.
• Click on 'myFeedback & Meat Standard Australia' tile in myMLA dashboard to access the system.

and:

• Have consigned cattle or sheep to a participating processor who supplies one or more of the available data sources.

then click on 'myFeedback & Meat Standard Australia' tile to access the system. Or simply click here.

The National Sheep Health Monitoring Project (NSHMP) commenced in 2007 to monitor lines of adult sheep in abattoirs for animal health conditions that reduce farm profit through productivity losses or increase meat processing wastage. Monitoring occurs in 14 domestic and export processing plants located in most states, and now also includes inspection of lamb consignments.

The project aims to:

• monitor sheep for a range of significant animal health diseases and conditions which reduce productivity in the sheep value chain or can impact on market access
• provide feedback to producers about the conditions occurring in their flock
• enhance productivity within the sheep value chain by improving the quality of product entering the chain
• explore options for a comprehensive and cost-effective animal disease monitoring/surveillance system and post-mortem inspection service that will provide accurate and timely animal health information.

For more information on the NSHMP please visit https://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/disease-surveillance/national-sheep-health-monitoring-program/.

This is most likely because the processor you cosigned to does not provide animal disease and defect conditions data to myFeedback.

When you login to myFeedback, you may not have access to any data. This is mainly because your processor does not participate in MSA, report animal disease and defect condition data, or the National Sheep Health Monitoring Project (NSHMP). It is anticipated with further adoption that data will continue to be available.

Meat inspection occurs for food safety on all carcases. Inspection for animal disease & defect monitoring is a collaboration of several meat inspectors and occasionally some conditions may not be monitored for, or small numbers of animals in a line are missed. Small lines may not have disease & defect data recorded in some plants.

myFeedback is a new system and we welcome your suggestions so that we can continue to improve and enhance the system. Please forward any feedback to msaenquiries@mla.com.au or call 1800 111 672