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Are you aware of the consequences of importing seeds that don’t comply with Australia’s strict biosecurity import conditions?Purchasing a packet of seeds online may only cost you a few dollars, but they can impact Australia’s native plant and agricultural resources as well as hit your pocket hard…
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Management of plant pathogen collections, 1st EditionShivas R and Beasley D, 2005This handbook summarises methods and techniques for collecting and handling plant disease specimens for all disciplines of plant pathology. A reference for countries in the South-East Asian region seeking to build…
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Background
Northern Australia’s vast, sparsely populated 10,000-kilometre coastline is the frontline for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases.
Biosecurity risks can reach Australia through the movement of people and goods by sea and air, through traditional visits between Papua New…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2018
The purpose of the Announcement Information Paper is to provide background information about the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam. Its intended audience is stakeholders with an interest…
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14 December 2016
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft group pest risk analysis for thrips and tospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the…
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We have completed a review of import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing.
Updates
Implementation pause
We are reviewing the biosecurity status of pests considered in the review of apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing, including consideration of new scientific information and…
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Questions and Answers PDF [46kb]
Draft non-regulated analysis of existing policy for Californian…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulates the export activities of the kangaroo meat industry by:
registering processing facilities for export
overseeing production to ensure food safety, and
issuing export certification for kangaroo meat and meat products.
The…
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Import conditions for fresh chilli (Capsicum annum) fruit from Fiji have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits can now be issued.The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Fiji and an importer in Australia. The…
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14 October 2021DocumentPagesFile sizeAttachment 1: Food categories listed in Section 1 ‘Food processing and storage facilities handling product for export to China that require department recommendation for registration with China’ and examples of Product descriptions and HS codes DOCX994…
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