Mr. Tim Drea:

I cannot comment on the individual speaking to the Senator, but in terms of the way this operates, in the past three years the customs seized very large amounts of unauthorised animal remedies. Most of them constitute people buying veterinary medicines on the Internet. The administrative process Senator Mullen describes addresses that. We take the product from customs, write to the consignee and we destroy it. That happens in circumstances where the product is not of significance. The vast majority of the products in that category are for small animals. The risk in terms of food safety or public health is minimal. That is seen as an administrative approach to dealing with the large numbers we had a few years ago.