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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer (1 May to 31 October).
As an interim measure to continue to manage heat stress risks and to provide sufficient time for industry to…
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Australia’s biosecurity detector dog program is celebrating 30 years of dedication and detection on Australia’s biosecurity frontline.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Australia’s Director of Biosecurity, Mr Andrew Metcalfe AO, said detector dogs have…
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5 April 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) of the commencement of a limited trial for AO audits.
Summary of changes and key points
We are reimagining the audit process to make it more efficient and effective. Key to this work is…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, May 2023
This page outlines the information that must be included with an application to import the following products:
Goods for Animal consumption (including stockfeed, petfood, aquaculture feed)
Bulk ingredients for use in the manufacture…
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04 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) System during this planned outage.
Information
Due to scheduled maintenance, the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system will be unavailable from 23:00…
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04 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be…
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04 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.
Information
To support scheduled maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable…
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4 April 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
On 2 April 2022, the following updates were made to PEMS:
For reactivated inspections, the previous version of that…
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The Minister has released the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Policy Statement (the Statement) which sets out a vision for an operational voluntary biodiversity market.
The Statement outlines components of a voluntary biodiversity stewardship market that have been trialled and established…
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The pages below outline the information that is required to accompany permit applications to import biological products.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) is required to source and assess data on a range of products to ensure that they do not pose a risk to…
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