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26 July 2012
Purpose
To advise industry of new procedural resources for sampling, inspection and certification of hay and straw for export are now accessible on the Plant Export Operations Manual (PEOM) website.
Background
The Export Control (Hay and Straw) Orders 2005 were repealed…
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The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 7 August 2014 and considered the following issues:NBC structural arrangements The committee elected to streamline and refresh its committee structure,…
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A biological control agent is an organism, such as an insect or plant disease, that is used to control a pest species.
Before a biological control agent is released into the Australian environment, it must be established, via risk analysis, that the risk associated with release is very low or…
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Options for the Development of National Standards and Guidelines for Animal Welfare
AWTG 05-23 noted an update from the secretariat that a subgroup of the AWTG had met and, as requested by all agriculture ministers, discussed practical steps for implementing stage one of improvements to the…
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Date of issue: 30 April 2009
Date of effect: Immediate
As foreshadowed in Market Access Advice FISH08/04, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation…
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Purpose
To advise industry and Authorised Officers of new procedural resources for inspection of forest products that are now accessible on the Department of Agriculture website.
Background
The Plant Export Operations Manual (PEOM) and associated Work Instruction for forest product…
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16 April 2014
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders that a policy recommendation has been made to allow release of the rust fungus Baeodromus eupatorii for the biological control of crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora). Release of Baeodromus eupatorii may be permitted, subject to…
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15 May 2015PurposeTo advise Australian exporters on revised conditions for the export of sorghum to the People’s Republic of China. Background The Department of Agriculture has been working with…
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20 July 2015Purpose The Biosecurity Bill 2014 and supporting legislation received royal assent from the Governor-General on 16 June 2015 and has now become the Biosecurity Act 2015. Key Points The new…
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10 July 2015
Purpose
To advise external Authorised Officers (AOs) that the Department of Agriculture is now accepting proposals from AOs to undertake vapour heat treatment (VHT) supervision for export of Australian mangoes to China.
Background
Requirements in the work plan and protocol…
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