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Exercise Odysseus was a series of 48 discussion exercises and field-based activities that enhanced government and industry preparedness to implement a national livestock standstill in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The exercise took place in 2014 and early 2015, involving…
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Exercise Athena, one of the first comprehensive international exercises for an animal health emergency, was conducted as a joint activity by the International Animal Health Emergency Reserve (IAHER…
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23 May 2016PurposeTo advise industry that, because of privacy reasons, authorised officers will not be able to access lists of orchards/blocks and packhouses that have been approved by the department…
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2016-30 - Horticulture Exports Program – In-transit cold treatment of horticulture exports to Taiwan
20 May 2016PurposeTo advise industry of the protocol requirements for the export of horticultural commodities to Taiwan via the in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) pathway.Background Taiwan’s Bureau of…
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20 May 2016PurposeTo advise industry of requirements and processes for the inspection, loading and certification of citrus in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) exports to the USA in 2016.Summary of…
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24 May 2016PurposeTo advise the horticulture industry involved in the production and export of watermelons to New Zealand of the recent change requiring any exports under appendix 3 (methyl bromide…
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19 May 2016PurposeThis notice is for those who are interested in the progress of the new biosecurity legislation.Background The Australian Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Water…
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13 May 2016PurposeTo advise industry that Papua New Guinea has extended the temporary import of selected fruits and vegetables for a further period of one month effective from 3 May 2016.For further…
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16 May 2016
Purpose
To advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be issuing invoices for the $750 authorised officer annual levy on 1 July 2016.
Background
As advised in Industry Advice Notice 2015-64, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources redesigned its…
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13 May 2016
Purpose
To advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has released the remaining protocol job functions for the inspection of berries, stone fruit (other than cherries), tropical fruit, curcubits and chillies, and root vegetables to protocol markets.
Key points…
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