Date of issue: 28 August 2025
Date of effect: 31 August 2025
Reference Number: MAA2025-18
Attention
- Industry bodies: Dairy Australia, Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee
- Dairy Export establishments
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Central and Regional offices
- Exporters, Automated Export Permit Issuers (AEPIs) and Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC) users
Purpose
This Market Access Advice (MAA) is to notify stakeholders of updated requirements when raising a Request for Export (REX) for milk and milk products to Great Britain using health certificate template ZDGB01.
Summary of key points
Header Storage Establishment
From 31 August 2025, header storage establishment information will be mandatory when raising a REX for milk and milk products exported to Great Britain.
When completing a REX, please provide the export registration number in the header storage establishment number field.
- The header storage establishment is the manufacturing or cold storage establishment where the milk or milk products were last stored in Australia prior to export.
- The header storage establishment must appear on the list of Great Britain approved establishments.
On the issued ZDGB01 health certificate, header storage establishment information will appear in Box I.11 ‘Place of Origin’.
Total Gross Weight
From 31 August 2025, total gross weight will be mandatory when raising a REX for milk and milk products exported to Great Britain.
When raising a REX, exporters must enter the gross weight in the Gross metric weight amount and Gross metric weight unit field against each product line.
Box I.20 ‘Quantity’ will display both total gross weight and total net weight. Previously, only the total net weight was displayed in Box I.20.
Micor
The department encourages users of Micor to subscribe to the Micor update service for a commodity-specific email that lists changes that have been made the preceding week.
Further information
Contact exportstandards@aff.gov.au if you have any queries.
The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.