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  • Animal import risk analyses
    • Review of prawns and prawn products
      • Background: prawn and prawn products review
      • Prawn imports and biosecurity
      • Submissions received on the Review of prawns and prawn products – draft report
      • Submissions received on Australia’s current prawn import policy
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      • Cooked turkey meat from the United States - Commencement of a review
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Hatching eggs of poultry

We have started a review of Australian conditions for hatching eggs of poultry

Steps to complete this risk analysis

When we do a risk analysis, we:

  • start the risk analysis by reviewing the science on pests and diseases of concern
  • assess and analyse biosecurity risks
  • develop proposed risk management measures
  • consult the public on the draft report and then review comments
  • publish a final report
  • develop import conditions
  • publish import conditions in our Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON)

About the review

This review will assess the existing import conditions for fertile eggs for hatching to Australia.

We will consider the import of chicken, duck and turkey eggs for both commercial and hobby (fancy breed) enterprises.  We will also consider the import of goose eggs and, if there is sufficient commercial interest, quail and pheasant eggs.

Throughout the review, we will provide interested stakeholders several opportunities to engage and provide input. We will provide multiple points for stakeholder feedback on draft iterations of the review prior to a final draft for comment. 

At this early stage of the review, we are seeking your feedback on specific issues with Australia’s current import conditions and additional issues you believe should be included in the review.

Make a submission

You are invited to:

  • read the draft scoping document and the current import conditions
  • submit your feedback by emailing animal@aff.gov.au
  • submissions should be received by 22 October 2021.

Download the draft scoping document

Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, September 2021

Document Pages File size
Hatching eggs review - draft scoping document for comment PDF 11 229 KB
Hatching eggs review - draft scoping document for comment DOCX 11 33 KB

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Next steps

We will review your feedback and finalise the scope of the review.

We will then:

  • assess the potential biosecurity risks
  • propose appropriate risk management measures where available
  • prepare a draft report.

Contact us

For more information about this review email Animal Biosecurity.

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