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Today is World Zoonoses Day, and Australia continues to invest in One Health approaches to combat the emergence and spread of zoonoses – diseases that can spread from animals to humans.This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the emergence of a significant zoonotic virus in Australia, Hendra…
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1 July 2024Who does this notice affect?This notice is relevant to pre-border biosecurity treatment providers and clients in the import and shipping industries. This includes freight forwarders, importers, and customs brokers dealing with goods that require brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)…
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Options for the Development of National Standards and Guidelines for Animal WelfareAWTG 24-03 noted an update from the secretariat that a series of targeted stakeholder engagement sessions to discuss the draft standards development framework have been completed. The subgroup will work through how…
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5 July 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved Arrangement operators who lodge and manage requests for inspections (RFI) through the Biosecurity Portal ‘Sign in with your digital identity to access’ previously known as ‘MyGovID’ pathway.Who is not affected by this notice?Customs brokers, importers…
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28 June 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of a planned outage for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.Summary of changes and key points:The department has planned maintenance to the…
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Author: Ben SlatterIn 2023, data describing crop loss/waste on Australian horticulture farms were collected for the second consecutive year through the ABARES Horticulture Survey. Crop loss/waste refers to primary production outputs that were intended for human use but ended up either not being…
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Australia has assumed the role of Chair of the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG), a group that brings together government and industry representatives to simplify international wine trade.The WWTG supports trade in wine through information sharing, discussion and coordination on regulatory issues in…
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Date of issue: 25 June 2024Dates of effect: 26 and 30 June 2024Attention:Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, and approved export permit issuers.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices. Summary of…
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25 June 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers of expected system maintenance and associated outage.Summary of changes and key pointsDue to maintenance outages PEMS…
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31 May 2024Who does this notice affect?All Biosecurity Portal users, including Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders.What has changed?The login tiles have been updated on the Biosecurity Portal to support the addition of new services (…
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