What is FASTA?

The FASTA program is focused on two areas:

• Delivering robust and timely datasets to underpin market access negotiations: State and Territory governments will work together to standardise their approach to collecting phytosanitary, or pest and disease management, data.  This data demonstrates that Australia’s produce is pest-free while also ensuring the impact of phytosanitary treatments on fruit quality will be minimised. These datasets will be used to open new export markets for Australian produce and improve conditions to existing ones.
• Increasing understanding about fruit fly and other key pests: A multi-discipline, multi-organisational research team of more than 70 scientists from across Australia have been assembled to test new technologies for tracking pests, trapping pests and reducing pest pressure. The program will increase Australia’s capabilities in pest management  and facilitate world-class research.