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Australia is free of the world's worst animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza H5N1. Animal pests and diseases are a major threat to Australia's livestock and poultry industries and an outbreak could impact on our access to export markets and undermine livelihoods. Exotic…
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2020-29 - Horticulture Exports Program – Applications for the export of cherries to protocol markets
4 June 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and registration of treatment facilities to export cherries to protocol markets for the 2020–21 season.
Summary of changes and key points…
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The following machinery cleaning guides and checklists have been developed to assist importers and offshore cleaners to meet Australia's import conditions (free of biosecurity risk material) as found in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
The guides and checklists provide a pictorial…
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31 August 2012
This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has finalised a biosecurity policy for the importation of queen honey bees.…
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2018-24 - Horticulture Exports Program – Detection of Citrus canker and guide for visual inspections
21 June 2018PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise authorised officers of the recent detections of Citrus canker (Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri Canker) and the additional information…
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1/05/2023
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including Master Consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, and principal agents— associated with shipping or…
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Attention
Egg Exporters —Australian Eggs, Egg farmers Australia
Registered egg export establishments
Licensed exporters
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and Regional offices
Purpose
This Market Access Advice is to notify Industry of an extension of the temporary…
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21 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of other-risk plant products, seeds for sowing and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers,…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryDownloadWork health and safety commitment statement (PDF 2.0 MB)If you have difficulty accessing this file, visit web accessibility for assistance.Working collaboratively to prevent harmThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is…
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The National Management Group (NMG) agreed at its meeting on 29 May 2025 that it is no longer technically feasible to eradicate tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from Australia. This decision is based on the technical considerations of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (…
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