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Date of effect: 31 August 2023
Attention
Food importers.
Purpose
To remind food importers of regulatory changes to mandatory allergen declarations on food labels that come into effect on 25 February 2024.
Key points
On 25 February 2021 the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (FSANZ)…
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High natural gas prices, export restrictions, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have placed pressure on the supply and price of fertilisers. There is no indication that prices are likely to experience substantial falls in the near-term.
Global fertiliser prices are rising
Average global…
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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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When levies applyLevy applies to sugarcane harvested in Australia and:sold to a processor for processing at a processing establishment, orprocessed by a processor at a processing establishment.ExemptionsLevy does not apply to sugarcane:sold in a sugarcane season for processing at a processing…
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When levies and charges applyLevyLevy applies to cherries harvested in Australia and sold by the person who owns them immediately after harvest.ChargeCharge applies to cherries harvested in and exported from Australia.ExemptionsLevyLevy does not apply to cherries sold for processing or sold…
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10 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.Approved…
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8 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
Information
The department’s network has been impacted by the outage affecting the Optus mobile and fixed networks. The outage is ongoing but…
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We have completed a pest risk analysis for Pepino mosaic virus and pospiviroids associated with tomato seed.UpdateDe-regulation of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) On 12 March 2024, we removed the specific pathogen testing measures for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) from…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 3
Guest: Dr Mark Schipp, Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an issue that poses a serious and long-term threat to human and animal health in…
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When levies and charges applyLevyLevy applies to onions harvested in Australia if the person who owns them immediately after harvest:sold the onionsprocessed the onions themselves, orhad the onions processed by another person.ChargeCharge applies to onions harvested in and exported from…
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