In October 1990 following a conference with the hay exporters of WA I was selected to travel to Japan and make recommendations to improve the outturn of exported hay. I travelled to Tokyo and Kobe and observed inspection procurement by Japanese quarantine authorities when I returned to WA I changed fumigation procedures to ensure a better outturn in Japan.

In June 1991 I returned to Japan with industry officials to explore the possibility of operating bulk hay to Japan. Japanese quarantine authorities were not keen on the idea because of difficulty of inspection.

However on my return from Japan I travelled to Canberra for discussions on allowing industry to carry out empty container inespections under a quality control procedure.

This was approved by Canberra and introduced Australia wide. It was the first time that Canberra had ceded responsibility to industry to monitor their own produce.