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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment manages requirements for the approved arrangement (AA) that an establishment must have in place to be export registered.
An AA is a documented food safety management system, which describes how an establishment manages food safety and…
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Follow these steps to export fish and fish products. This guide will help you comply with Australian export laws and meet importing country requirements.Fees and charges apply to some steps.Note: If you are exporting live fish not intended for human consumption, refer to requirements for live…
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What is export certification?Export certification is issued in accordance with the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act) and importing country requirements.The Act sets out the overarching legal framework for the regulation of exported goods, including food and agricultural products, from Australia. It…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages requirements for the approved arrangement (AA) that an establishment must have in place to be export registered.
An AA is a documented food safety management system, which describes how an establishment manages food safety and…
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Imported animal feed poses a high biosecurity risk. It can provide a direct pathway for exotic pests and diseases that can harm humans, animals, crops and the environment.The major types of animal feed imports are:aquaculture feeds and baitsbird foodpet fish foodpet food and pet…
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ReviewIn 2017, the department selected GHD Pty Ltd to undertake a study of Australian industry quality assurance (QA) schemes and how they support, or could potentially support, regulation controlling…
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OverviewEnsuring inputs used in production, processing, and packaging are free from pests.Examples include clean packaging, pest-free parent plant stock (e.g. potato tubers, nursery propagation material), or sterilised growing media for use in tissue culture. Evaluating the efficacy of this measure…
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12 August 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Offshore brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) treatment providers, particularly in Europe and North America.
Other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including master consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, biosecurity industry…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in 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 Food Inspection…
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A letter of free sale is sometimes required for registering non-prescribed goods with an importing country authority prior to export.
If the importing country does not state that a letter of free sale is to be from Australia’s competent authority (that is, the department) one can instead be issued…
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