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08 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industriesWhat has changed?The Department is currently assessing the suitability of two new fumigants for use as department approved treatments. These fumigants are promising alternatives to the widely used fumigant…
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09 October 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight…
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24 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Prospective and existing accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 12.1 Methyl bromide fumigation.What has changed?The department, in partnership with the Biosecurity Training Centre at Charles Sturt University, has…
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Date of effect: 10 August 2023
Attention
Food importers and their customs brokers.
Purpose
The purpose of this notice is to raise awareness of a video that has been published on the department’s website to provide information on virtual label and visual inspections for eligible imported food.…
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12 December 2025Who does this notice affect?All International airlines and aircraft operators, airline representatives, air crews and their contracted service providers operating international flights to Australia.What has changed?Since 1 October 2023, the inflight traveller announcement video…
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Date of effect: 21/01/2013
DAFF issues this direction in writing under the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005, Order 75, directing exporters and export registered establishments to comply with the following requirements for rock lobster for export from Tasmania until…
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17 October 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of:Test kits not testing for disease agents, imported under tariff code 3822.13What has changed?Additional tariff code eligible for the CBISIn May 2025, CBIS expanded to include managing document assessment rates for test kits not…
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We inspect and test food imports under our Imported Food Inspection Scheme.Our sampling procedure makes sure the correct number of samples are taken from a consignment of food when it is referred for testing.Sampling rateThe rate of sampling we apply is set out in the Imported Food Control…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 8 Japan quotas including edible bovine offal. These quotas were put in place by the Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA).
Australian exporters can export specific quantities of edible bovine offal products at reduced…
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23 June 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots*, and freight forwarders wishing to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal in NSW, QLD, WA, SA, NT and ACT.
The Portal is planned to be…
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