Practices on lifestyle blocks and farms impact on the safety and suitability of animals for processing and on the resulting animal products' eligibility for trade. Knowledge of these practices is essential for our export trade. The purpose of the ASD is to transfer key information about an animal, or group or animals, to the next person in charge of the animals, and ultimately to the processor.

This standard specifies the requirements for residue data for a veterinary medicine
that must be supplied with an application for assessment and registration of certain
trade name products under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines
(ACVM) Act 1997.