National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992
Under Section 10 of the National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992 (the NRS Act), the minister is required to provide an annual report to Parliament, setting out details of the operation of the NRS Special Account. This section provides the report for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, including key financial information.
Operation
The National Residue Survey (NRS) monitors residues of pesticides, veterinary medicines and environmental contaminants in Australian food commodities. This monitoring is fully industry-funded, principally through levies on the commodities that are tested.
The NRS tests animal commodities including cattle, sheep, pigs, camels, deer, goats, horses, kangaroos, poultry (for example, chickens, ducks and turkeys), ratites (emus and ostriches), wild boars, honey, eggs and aquatic species (both aquaculture and wild-caught seafood).
In horticulture, the almond, apple, macadamia and pear industries participated in NRS testing in 2019–20.
The NRS grains program covers:
- cereals (wheat, barley, oat, maize, sorghum and triticale)
- pulses (chickpea, cow pea, pigeon pea, field pea, faba bean, lentil, vetch, navy bean, mung bean and lupin)
- oilseeds (canola, sunflower, soybean, safflower and linseed).
Commodity | Total number of samples | Compliance with relevant Australian standards (%) a |
Animal products (42 different products sampled) | ||
Meat, eggs, honey and aquatic species | 10,476 | 99.72 |
Plant products (25 different products sampled) | ||
Grains and horticulture | 4,842 | 99.26 |
a Compliance rate based on numbers of samples in compliance. In a very small number of samples, one sample may contain more than one violative residue.
Financial information
Item | 2019–20 $'000 | 2018–19 $'000 |
Revenue | ||
Sale of goods and rendering of services | 675 | 770 |
Interest on investments | 347 | 433 |
Levies | 11,544 | 10,471 |
Revenue from government | 12 | 5 |
Total revenue | 12,578 | 11,679 |
Expenses | ||
Employee benefits | 2,051 | 1,839 |
Analytical testing | 7,575 | 6,879 |
Other | 2,306 | 2,285 |
Total expenses | 11,932 | 11,003 |
Surplus/(deficit) | 646 | 676 |
Item | 2019–20 $'000 | 2018–19 $'000 |
Assets | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,146 | 1,079 |
Trade and other receivables | 42 | 15 |
Investments | 16,000 | 17,500 |
Intangibles | 480 | 622 |
Accrued revenue | 1,819 | 678 |
Other assets | 26 | 31 |
Total assets | 20,513 | 19,925 |
Liabilities | ||
Employee provisions | 593 | 768 |
Other provisions | 0 | 6 |
Suppliers and other payables | 524 | 399 |
Operating lease payables | 0 | 238 |
Total liabilities | 1,117 | 1,411 |
Equity | ||
Reserves | 18,633 | 17,988 |
Other | 763 | 526 |
Total equity | 19,396 | 18,514 |
Item | 2019–20 $'000 | 2018–19 $'000 |
Balance brought forward from previous period | 1,079 | 1,113 |
Receipts | ||
Appropriation for reporting period | 12 | 5 |
Other receipts | 28,897 | 28,470 |
Total receipts | 28,909 | 28,475 |
Payments | ||
Payments made to employees | (2,261) | (1,771) |
Payments made to other | (25,581) | (26,738) |
Total payments | (27,842) | (28,509) |
Total balance carried to the next period | 2,146 | 1,079 |
Visit
https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/department-agriculture-water-and-environment/reporting-year/2019-20-11