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Date of effect: 28 August 2023
Attention
Importers of food products, customs brokers and freight forwarders intending to book and manage requests for imported food inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.
Purpose
The department continues to improve its Biosecurity Portal support materials to…
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Date of effect: 4 November 2022
Supersedes: IFN 03/21 - Imported food virtual inspections
Attention
Food importers and their customs brokers.
Purpose
To remind importers and their customs brokers that we offer virtual label and visual inspections for eligible imported food.
Key points
We…
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Food safety recognition agreements (arrangements) can be mutual, meaning both countries recognise each other’s food safety regulatory systems as comparable (equivalent) to their own, or they can be unilateral, meaning only one country out of the two will recognise the other country’s food safety…
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OverviewThe likelihood of entry is reduced by physically preventing the introduction and release of pests in the importing jurisdiction.Examples include requirements for the consignment to remain sealed in the importing jurisdiction until inspected and cleared, or for secure packaging to be used…
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29 September 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide further advice on Myanmar’s new import permit (import certificate for plants/ plant products) requirements…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2017The
Biosecurity Compliance Plan 2016-17 outlines the department’s plan for managing biosecurity risks at the border in 2016-17.…
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When considering granting a permit for the importation of fresh salacca (Salacca zalacca (Gaertner) Voss) fruit from Indonesia, the phytosanitary measures as set out in the Final import risk analysis…
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5 September 2016PurposeTo advise industry that India’s Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare no longer requires import permits for certain plant and plant products.Background India…
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3 October 2024AttentionImporters, brokers and competent authorities in countries that either import the following foods or export them to Australia – dates, melons, enoki mushrooms, pufferfish and kava.PurposeTo notify stakeholders of the new food safety requirements proposed for imported dates,…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2019This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food…
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