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19 December 2014
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders that Australia’s Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has considered the Final import risk analysis report for fresh salacca fruit from Indonesia and agrees to its recommendations.
In doing so, the Director of Animal and Plant…
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Date issued 14 April 2004
This advice is to remind Industry and AQIS staff that the final deadline for EXDOC certification for horticulture and grain products for Taiwan is 30 June 2004.
All…
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The International Cargo Cooperative Biosecurity Arrangement (ICCBA) is a voluntary, non-binding multilateral arrangement that provides biosecurity agencies, with a platform for collaborating on biosecurity initiatives.
The ICCBA aims to provide rigor around the operational implementation and…
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Farms must be accredited with the European Union Cattle Accreditation Scheme (EUCAS) if they want to produce bovine animals that can be used to produce meat for export to the European Union. A farm is an area or land covered by a single Property Identification Code (PIC) under State or Territory…
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After 30 years with the department and 12 years as Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark Schipp retired on 1 December 2023.
After graduating from Murdoch University with Biology and Veterinary Science degrees, Dr Schipp started work in Western Australia as a field veterinary officer. He…
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More can be achieved together than by going it alone. This principle underpins the Animal Health Quads Alliance (Quads Alliance) – which brings together Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Collaboration amongst these likeminded countries works to support…
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OverviewRemoving contaminants of biosecurity concern from the commodity or carrier.Examples include removing extraneous plant material and soil from a commodity, or requiring that a sea container be free of any contamination.Evaluating the efficacy of this measure requires demonstrating that the…
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OverviewPhysical barriers are used to exclude pests at the scale of individual commodity units.Examples include individual fruit bagging during production, and requirements to prevent the entry of hitchhikers into sea containers, unit loading devices for airfreight or heavy equipment.Evaluating the…
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OverviewRisk is reduced by limiting the time that the commodity is exposed to the pest.Examples of this measure include requiring a commodity to be packed within a certain number of hours after harvest or requiring a sea container to be treated for hitchhiker pests within a limited number of days…
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Grants to realise big ideas for agriculture from young rural innovatorsCongratulations to Fraser Border from the University of Southern Queensland who was awarded the ultimate honour of the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management’s Award for his project -Implementing…
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