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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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Plant product residue monitoring is conducted as part of the National Residue Survey (NRS) by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry , through a grains residue testing program and three separate horticulture product residue testing programs.Industry participation in these programs is…
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Date of Issue: 29 June 2012
Date of Effect: 29 June 2012
Country: European Union
Purpose
To provide an update of the status of access for some aquaculture products to the European Union (EU) based on the current participation of farms in the national EU residue program.
Background
As…
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19 May 2016Who does this notice affect?This notice is to inform the prawn import industry regarding approved laboratories available to test for viruses in imported raw frozen prawns. What has changed?…
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Date of effect: 23 January 2018
Supersedes: Industry Advice Notice 2017-16 The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) has been advised by the Department of Primary Industries,…
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Date of effect: 16 December 2017
Supersedes: Industry Advice Notice 2017-15 The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) has been advised by the Department of Primary Industries…
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Why biosecurity matters in northern AustraliaAustralia is free from many pests, diseases and weeds present in Southeast Asia and some Pacific countries. Their introduction could devastate our plant…
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The Asian longhorned beetle is native to southern China, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan. It has also become established in some parts of the USA, Canada and Austria.
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The risk to Australia
The Asian longhorned beetle is a wood-boring pest that usually targets…
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19 November 2010
BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA ADVICE 2010/35 - DETECTION OF BACTERIAL CANKER OF KIWIFRUIT (PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV ACTINIDIAE) IN NEW ZEALAND
This Biosecurity Australia Advice is to inform…
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Liriomyza sativae
What to look for
Leaves with long, white meandering trails (mines) on the leaf surface.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or fresh vegetables out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the Torres Strait Permanent Biosecurity Monitoring Zone, or from…
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