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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsFrom mid-2025 imported food safety requirements will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported…
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Date of effect: 11 July 2022
Attention
Importers of berries and pomegranate arils, and brokers acting on their behalf.
Purpose
To provide importers with further information about the changes to import requirements for ready-to-eat fresh and frozen berries and pomegranate arils.
See IFN 06-21…
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Date of effect: 31 October 2022
Attention
Importers of ready-to-eat berries and pomegranate arils, and brokers acting on their behalf.
Purpose
To provide further information on food safety management certificates for foods covered by this requirement.
Key points
From 9 November 2022,…
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Date of effect: 01 December 2021
Attention
Importers and brokers acting on behalf of importers.
Purpose
To advise importers and brokers that the Imported Food Control Order 2019 was amended on 01 December 2021.
Key points
We have amended the Imported Food Control Order 2019 (the Order…
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Australian strawberries reputation recovery plan
In September 2018, the then Prime Minister and the then Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, announced a support package for the Australian strawberry industry to…
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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.
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Spotted wing drosophila larvae in a strawberry.Credit: Hannah Burrack, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
Spotted wing drosophilaExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A tiny fly (2–3 mm) that attacks a range of soft-skinned fruit and reduces crop yield and quality through direct…
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