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UN Food Systems Summit

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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Honey bees and their pests and diseases

The Australian honey bee industry is composed of about 29,690 registered beekeepers. Around 2000 of these are considered to be commercial apiarists, each with more than 50 hives (average 400 – 800 hives).The European honey bee contributes directly to the Australian economy. The industry produces…
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Non-English speaking background communities and swill feeding project

Swill feeding is when food scraps are fed to pigs. This practice can cause and spread emergency animal diseases. Diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever. In Australia we use laws…
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Rural Research and Development Update September 2011

​​​​Rural Research and Development update - September 2011 Background The Rural Research and Development (R&D) Coun​cil is the government’s key advisory body on rural R&D. The principal goal…
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194-2022: Upcoming Hitchhiker Pest Container Survey

12 October 2022 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries who use Qube Logistics in the ports of Brisbane, Adelaide and Fremantle—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping…
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2025-12: NEXDOC – Requirement to include manufacturers details in Request for Export (REX) for Other Goods

Date of issue: 15 April 2025Date of effect: 31 March 2025Attention:Exporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), fertilisers, shells), agents and freight forwarders.Department of…
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IFN 04-25: Imported food safety requirements now in BICON

16 June 2025Cases documenting the food safety requirements that apply to food imported into Australia that are intended for sale, were released on 15 June 2025. These are now incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).For more information visit Inclusion of food safety…
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2020-44 - Horticulture Exports Program – Application for accreditation of farms and packhouses for the export of avocados to Japan

13 July 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export Hass avocado to Japan for the 2020 season. Summary of changes and key points Applications are now open for farms and packhouses…
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2019-16 - Horticulture Exports Program – Accreditation applications for farms, packhouses and treatment facilities to export strawberries to Thailand

7 May 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications for accreditation of farms, packhouses and treatment facilities for the export of strawberries to Thailand 2019 are now…
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2015-35 – Horticulture Exports Program – Clarification of export application due dates and weeks of audit - Lychee exports to the United States of America – Mango exports to the United States of America, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea

​​​16 July 2015 Purpose To advise the lychee industry that due dates for the second round of grower, packhouse and treatment facility applications and weeks of audit for exports to the United States of America (USA) have been amended. All other advice contained in IAN 2015/32 remains current,…
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