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International student is Ghosted following meaty detection at Adelaide Airport

An international student’s visa has been cancelled and an infringement notice of $3,756 issued for attempting to bring more than 2kg of cooked meat, eggs and frangipani flowers into Australia. ​Biosecurity detector dog, Ghost, sniffed out the offending items at Adelaide airport’s baggage claim…
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2019-01 - Horticulture Exports Program – Persimmon exports to Thailand 2019 accreditation application for farms, packhouses and treatment facilities

​11 January 2019 Purpose To advise industry that applications are now open for growers, packhouses and treatment facilities to export persimmons to Thailand in 2019. Summary of changes and key points Only farms located in Queensland are eligible to apply under the protocol agreement. Growers…
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2017-51 - Horticulture Exports Program – Export application for carrot growers and packhouses under the Taiwan protocol

2 November 2017Purpose The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to call for export applications from Australian carrot growers and packhouses / storage facilities in the states of New South…
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2017-48 - Horticulture Exports Program – Export applications for mainland Australian apple and pear growers and packhouses in 2018

20 October 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise mainland Australian apple and pear entities that applications for exports to Thailand for the 2018 season have opened.…
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2016-58 - Horticulture Exports Program – Export application for carrot growers and packhouses under the Taiwan protocol

​25 October 2016Purpose To call for export applications from Australian carrot growers and packhouses / storage facilities in the states of New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia…
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Australia’s SPS contact point

Under the transparency provisions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS agreement), Australia is required to have a National…
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2022-40: Horticulture Export Program – Accreditation applications for farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2023

23 June 2022 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2023. Summary of changes and key points Only farms located in Queensland are eligible to apply for…
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Australian delegation talks plant health at 18th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures meeting

In April, the Chief Plant Protection Officer Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith attended the 18th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-18) in Rome, leading the Australian delegation including Dr Sophie Peterson and Rama Karri from the department, Dr Rosa Crnov, Victoria’s Chief Plant Health Manager and…
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2019-59 - Horticulture Exports Program – Persimmon exports to Thailand 2020 accreditation application for farms and packhouses

9 December 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2020.Summary of changes and key pointsApplications are now open for the accreditation of farms and…
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2020-26 - Horticulture Export Program – Accreditation applications for farms and packhouses to export persimmon to Thailand in 2021

29 May 2020PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2021.Key pointsApplications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to…
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