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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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2024-18 Horticulture Export Program – Changes to import conditions for Fiji to address fall armyworm
10 April 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders of changes to the import conditions for fresh fruit and vegetables exported to Fiji to address the risk of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda).Summary of changes and key pointsFiji has advised of changes to their…
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4 August 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of:
plant, animal or microbial derived ingredients for use in pet and other animal food processing
seeds, nuts, fresh produce and other unprocessed plant material such as cotton, jute and hops
other animal and microbial materials such as…
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29 March 2018PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters that Pakistan has recently made significant changes to its import requirements for chickpeas for consumption.…
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30 May 2025From 14 June 2025 the food safety requirements that apply to food imported for sale into Australia will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).For more information visit Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.Key points:You will be able to search…
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19 July 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of cork and cork products (and their customs brokers).
What has changed?
Upcoming changes to the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) will be made for cork and cork products. This is part of…
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The definition of forest used by
Australia's National Forest Inventory is:
An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or…
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Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment 2023
The Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment will be held between 24 - 26 July 2023 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. This high-level meeting will be an opportunity to review progress in achieving healthier, more sustainable and more resilient food systems.…
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Biological goods that have previously been imported into Australia may be subject to end use restrictions. In other words, there may be restrictions to how those goods can be used in Australia.This page outlines the process of applying to the department for approval to change the end use of…
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This is Supporting information for Indicator 7.1e, published October 2024.National forest research and development organisationsThe activities of the national-level organisations with capacity to conduct and apply forest research and development presented in the Key information for Indicator 7.1e…
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