The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible for assessing the biosecurity risks associated with the import of a range of goods from overseas.
Risk analyses may be conducted in response to new information about biosecurity risks or to an import proposal.
The analysis may be conducted as a:
- Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis, under the Biosecurity Act 2015, or
- Non-regulated risk analysis, reviewing existing biosecurity measures.
Read more about how the department conducts risk analysis.
Current and finalised analyses
Information relating to current and finalised risk analyses conducted by the department is made available online.
Other risk assessments
The department also has separate, formally agreed processes for undertaking other types of assessments.
This includes:
Latest topics
Animal
- Animal Biosecurity Advice 2023-A01: Review of the rabies virus risk in imported dogs, cats and canine semen from approved countries – final report
- Animal Biosecurity Advice 2022-A10: Policy for the importation of live infectious agents into Australia
- Invocation of the Contingency import policy for specific pathogen free (SPF) chicken eggs
- Import risk review for psittacine birds from all countries – update
- Commencement of a review of Australian import conditions for hatching eggs – initial scope for comment
Plant
- Final report for review of biosecurity import requirements for limes from Mexico
- Final report for review of biosecurity import requirements for okra from India
- Final report for greenhouse-grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from the Republic of Korea
- Draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella
- Draft report for dragon fruit from the Philippines: biosecurity import requirements
Further information
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