Date of Issue: 13 May 2015
Date of Effect: Immediate
Attention:
Industries - Export Establishments, Industry bodies
Department of Agriculture - Central and Regional offices, ATMs and FOMs, OPVs and Meat inspection staff, State Regulatory Authorities
Affected Markets: Various
Further information: Email Exports
This Market Access Advice is to advise of recent content changes in the Manual of Importing Country Requirements (MICoR) database.
Information for the following products has been updated in MICoR:
Meat & Animal By-Products
Country | Commodity | Section | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
SINGAPORE | Inedible tallow | 8.5 | Inclusion of pre existing certification for inedible tallow intended for use as bio-fuel. |
EU | Calf vells | 1.5, 2.1, 4.3 | Update to information relating to calf vells. |
EU | Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat | 4.1 | Requirements for minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat |
IRAN | Ovine (sheep) meat | 2.2-2.4, 3.2-3.5 | Importing country requirements reminder notification from Iran. |
USA | Raw material exported to the USA for further processing into technical and pharmaceutical products for re-export to Mexico | 8.4 | Certification re-instated following temporary suspension. |
Non-Prescribed Goods
Country | Commodity | Section | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
MALAYSIA | Acid hydrolysed vegetable protein (HVP) | 2.2 | Certification requirements and supporting documentation for HVP and non-prescribed food products containing HVP. |
MALAYSIA | Peanut butter | 2.2 | Certification requirements and supporting documentation. |
MALAYSIA | Seaweed and seaweed based products | 2.2 | Supporting documentation requirements. |
Market Access Advice Notices
If you require a full copy of any meat MAAs, please send your request to Exports.
MAAs for fish, dairy and eggs are available on the department website at the following links:
Market Access Advice Notices (MAA’s) issued in April 2015
Meat
MAA1528 | 9 April 2015 | Singapore | Approvals process for chilled processed pork products |
|---|---|---|---|
MAA1529 | 10 April 2015 | Bahrain | Current market access update |
MAA1531 | 17 April 2015 | Papua New Guinea | Trade suspension for uncooked poultry products |
MAA1532 | 21 April 2015 | Indonesia | New requirements for Exporters Declaration |
MAA1533 | 22 April 2015 | Papua New Guinea | Update: Trade suspension for uncooked poultry products |
MAA1535 | 24 April 2015 | European Union | Composite products |
MAA1536 | 24 April 2015 | European Union | Requirements for minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat |
Dairy
MAA1503 | 27 April 2015 | EU | Composite products |
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Fish
MAA1504 | 27 April 2015 | EU | Composite products |
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Upgrade to the Manual of Importing Country Requirements (MICoR)
From 11 April 2015 the Department of Agriculture (the department) has upgraded the MICoR website, and as a result you will now access it through a new URL.
http://micor.agriculture.gov.au
Your user name has not changed. When you access the new website for the first time, you will need to reset your password. To do this, follow these instructions:
Go to http://micor.agriculture.gov.au
Select your commodity of interest (e.g. Meat or Dairy). Please note logins are not required for fish, eggs and non-prescribed goods.
Click ‘Login’
Click on ‘Reset Password’.
Enter your user name into the field and then enter a four digit PIN. Click ‘Send Instructions'.
An email with further instructions will be sent to your email address. Follow the instructions within the email to reset your password.
If you currently have accounts for multiple MICoR commodities, you only need to follow the process described above once. i.e. resetting your password for Meat will also reset your password for Dairy.
Should any issues be encountered, please contact us through the relevant program MICoR email.
If you do not have access to MICoR, visit the website http://micor.agriculture.gov.au
After clicking on the appropriate commodities group (noting logins are not required for fish, eggs and non-prescribed goods), click on the ‘apply for access’ link which will send a request for access to the department. The department will assess the application and, if the applicant is successful, issue a login and password.
Please note that the information on MICoR may not reflect recent changes to importing country requirements. The Department of Agriculture encourages all exporters to contact officials of the importing country, either through the importer or directly, to confirm that their product meets the current requirements of the importing country.
Due to the August 2014 MICoR upgrade, some pages display the date of ‘last update’ as a date in July or August 2014. These dates were applied when the system was upgraded and therefore do not necessarily reflect the last date that the page was updated. Exporters should not rely on this date to determine when changes to importing country requirements have occurred. The department encourages all exporters to contact officials of the importing country, either through the importer or directly, to confirm that their product meets the current importing country requirements.
The information provided above 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.