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  • Importing goods
    • Biological products
      • Application to change the end use of imported biological goods (repurposing)
      • Biological products forms
      • Biological Consultative Group
      • Checklist for importing biological materials
        • Animal Feed (including pet food, stockfeed, aquaculture feed and bait) checklist
        • Importing laboratory materials for use in non-laboratory animals
      • How to import animal derivatives and microbial goods into Australia - general information for importers
        • Application for transfer of biosecurity risk material
        • How to complete an Application to Import Biological Materials
      • Questions and Answers
    • Cats and dogs
    • External Territories
      • Indian Ocean Territories (IOT)
        • Import conditions for solanaceous produce
      • Norfolk Island plant biosecurity import conditions
      • Application for permit: External territories
      • Import conditions for public consultation
    • Fertiliser
      • Chemical and mined fertiliser
      • Level 1 gold supply chains
      • Organic fertiliser
    • Food
      • How to import food
        • Food Import Compliance Agreements
          • FICA audits
      • Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON
      • Import requirements by food type
        • Importing food from New Zealand
        • Arachnids
        • Beef and beef products
        • Beef and beef products - raw
        • Berries
        • Bivalve molluscs
        • Caffeine products - pure and highly concentrated
        • Cassava chips
        • Cereal grains and cereal products
        • Cheese
        • Cheese - raw milk
        • Coconut and coconut meat
        • Coconut milk drinks
        • Crustaceans
        • Crustaceans - cooked
        • Finfish - processed
        • Fish - fresh, chilled, frozen - aquaculture
        • Fish - histamine susceptible
        • Fruit
        • Fungi - prohibited
        • Ham - uncooked slow dry cured
        • Hemp seeds and oil
        • Herbs - dried
        • Honey
        • Human milk and human milk products
        • Infant formula - powdered
        • Insects
        • Kava
        • Meat - processed and cooked
        • Meat - processed and uncooked
        • Meat and edible offal
        • Milk - dried
        • Novel food (non-traditional food)
        • Mini jelly cups containing konjac
        • Oil - Edible plant oil
        • Paprika
        • Peanuts
        • Pepper - dried
        • Pistachios
        • Plants - prohibited
        • Pomegranate arils
        • Poultry meat - cooked
        • Poultry meat and offal products
        • Poultry pate, paste and liver
        • Seaweed - brown
        • Sesame seeds and sesame seed products
        • Soy bean curd
        • Soy milk curd
        • Sports food - formulated supplementary
        • Tofu
        • Vegetables
        • All other food and beverages
      • Documents and declarations
        • Full Import Declarations
        • Declaring the producer of imported food
        • IFIS importer declarations
      • Inspection and testing
        • Imported Food Inspection Scheme
        • Book a laboratory
        • Food sampling
        • Failing food reports
        • Reconsideration and review of decisions
        • Holding orders
          • Previous years
        • Surveys and data
      • Appointed analysts
        • Testing imported food samples
        • Conditions for appointment as an analyst
      • Certification
        • Mandatory foreign government certification
        • Voluntary foreign government certification
        • Food safety management certificates
      • Notices
      • Legislation
    • Live animals and reproductive material
      • Animals on vessels
      • Application to import
      • Cats and dogs
      • Fees and charges
      • Fertile hatching eggs (poultry)
      • Horses
        • Importing horses - Notices to Industry and Forms
      • Invertebrates
      • Laboratory animals
      • Live aquarium (ornamental) fish
        • Approved Aquarium Chemicals, Treatments and Antibiotics
      • Livestock
      • Pet birds
      • Pigeons
      • Rabbits
      • Reproductive material (semen and embryos)
        • Importing livestock and equine reproductive material
      • Transit and transhipment of animals through Australia
      • Unique or exotic pets
      • Zoo animals
    • Major resources and energy sector
      • Biosecurity Management Plan Template
      • Industry Cargo Inspection Report template
      • Industry Vessel Cleanliness Inspection Report Template
      • Sail-Away Report template
    • Motor vehicles, motorcycles and machinery
    • Movement advice animal transport equipment
    • Plants and plant products
      • Bulk grain
        • Bulk grain guidance and templates
        • Managing the biosecurity risks of imported bulk grain
      • Cut flowers and foliage
        • Managing pests
        • Supply chain management system requirements
        • Importing cut flowers for commercial use guide
      • Food, drink and supplements
      • Fresh produce
      • Live plants
        • Approved sources of Phalaenopsis
        • Approved sources of tissue cultures free of media
        • Emergency measures for Xylella
        • Live plant forms
      • Managing plant imports biosecurity risk
      • Plant-based animal feed
        • Guide to engaging and undertaking third party audits of processed plant-based stockfeed facilities
        • Infographic - importing processed plant-based animal feed
        • Plant-based animal feed and fertiliser forms
        • Requirements for facilities manufacturing and exporting processed plant-based stockfeed and their ingredients to Australia
      • Plant products applied to soils and plants
      • Seeds for planting
        • Applications for approval of new phytosanitary treatments for seeds
        • Coversheet for seed for planting consignments
        • Department approved seed purity testing laboratories
        • Emergency measures: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus
        • Emergency measures for tomato and capsicum seed: Tomato mottle mosaic virus Questions and Answers
        • International Clean Seed Pathway Workshop
        • Pathogen test request form
        • Reviewing laboratory test reports checklists
        • Seed contaminants and tolerance tables
        • Vegetable seeds policy review
      • Plant research material
      • Processing imported plant material in Australia
      • Timber, bamboo and wood products
        • Treatments for timber and timber products
          • Timber permanent preservative treatment requirements
            • Approved timber permanent preservative formulations
            • Timber preservation standards
        • Canadian Sawn Wood Certification Program (CSWCP)
        • Imports for non-commercial (personal) use
        • Types of timber, bamboo, and related products
        • Non-standard import permits for timber and plant products not for human consumption
    • Timber and bamboo packaging
      • Bark on timber packaging and dunnage
      • ISPM 15 for solid wood packaging
    • Uncooked prawns
      • Par-cooking BBC prawns
      • Uncooked prawn consignments
    • Urban search and rescue taskforces

Biosecurity information for the major resource and energy sector

​​Importing equipment

The department aims to safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status to maintain overseas markets and protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases. It does this though risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.

Protecting Australia's biosecurity is a responsibility shared between government, industry and the community. Our goal is to work together to prevent biosecurity risks before they arrive in Australia. Industry-driven risk management can greatly reduce the time and cost of biosecurity clearance.

Risk management tools

The department has developed biosecurity risk management templates to assist major resource and energy sector projects comply with Australia's biosecurity requirements. The templates identify areas of biosecurity risk for consideration and assists in documenting processes and procedures across the supply chain (e.g. suppliers, fabricators and contractors). The use and implementation of biosecurity risk management templates can assist in minimising project delays on arrival. Completion of templates is voluntary and they will not be reviewed or endorsed by the department. 

Templates to support the consideration and management of biosecurity risk include:

  • Biosecurity risk management template
  • Industry Cargo Inspection Report template
  • Industry Vessel Cleanliness Inspection Report template​

Biosecurity Risk Management template

Using a Biosecurity Risk Management template can reduce vessel and consignment contamination that leads to schedule slippage and increased project costs. The type of information and level of detail required in the template will depend on the complexity and nature of the proposed imports.

Industry Cargo Inspection Report template

Being proactive and identifying the risks of consignment contamination and having inspection points within the supply chain, means action can be taken to minimise delays on arrival. The Indus​try Cargo Inspection Report template contains areas for consideration, however will be dependent on the nature of the cargo.

Industry Vessel Cleanliness Inspection Report template

Vessel cleanliness is an important aspect of the supply chain and inspection should be conducted to ensure vessels are clean. Any issues should be identified and rectified prior to loading. The Industry Vessel Cleanliness Report template can provide industry with confidence of the vessel’s biosecurity integrity. The template lists the areas to target during vessel inspections and the typical types of contamination that may be detected.

Contact

If you would like further information, please contact Compliance Partnerships on 1800 900 090 or email major industry projects.

General enquiries

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Page last updated: 04 November 2019

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