Onshore intervention for non-compliant BMSB treated containers

The department has identified treatments conducted by registered offshore treatment providers that did not meet the department’s BMSB treatment requirements.

To ensure the biosecurity risk presented by these consignments is adequately addressed, they will require re-treatment on arrival in Australia or export where the consignment is not suitable for re-treatment.

All affected treatment certificates are invalid and have been withdrawn from BMSB risk season lodgements system by the department.

Consignments that are affected must be directed for onshore re-treatment or export, and stakeholders for these goods will be advised through AIMS directions.

Importantly, the offshore treatment providers that treated these consignments have not been suspended or withdrawn from the Offshore BMSB Treatment Providers Scheme.

The department has addressed the non-compliances directly with the treatment providers and they are permitted to continue to conduct BMSB treatments.

A list of the containers affected by this action is included below. The list will be updated if any additional containers requiring re-treatment or export on arrival are identified.

Container Numbers

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17 January 2020

13 November 2019

30 October 2019