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Newcastle disease only affects birds, particularly poultry, such as chickens. It can cause illness and death in large numbers of birds quickly. Infected birds may show signs of:
loss of appetite, coughing, gasping, nasal discharge, watery eyes, bright green diarrhoea and…
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22 December 2017Who does this notice affect? This notice applies to importers of uncooked and cooked pig meat products and associated industry participants and retailers. What has changed?The…
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What is a meat export licence?A meat export licence grants the holder permission to export specific types of meat overseas for a 12 month period.Who requires a meat export licence?Exporters of edible meat, offal (including casings) and or meat products of cattle, sheep or goat are required to hold…
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3 March 2020
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This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of their responsibility to provide documentary evidence of timber legality to their importer, when exporting some types of wood products to the Republic of Korea.
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On 1 October 2019…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry develops policies to allow for the safe importation of animals, their genetic material and other animal products.These policies are based on biosecurity risk analyses completed by the department. These analyses consider the biosecurity risk…
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Export Meat Industry Advisory Committee (EMIAC), October 2020
This provides export registered establishments with a guideline for the application of the Refrigeration Index for the refrigeration of meat and meat products.
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`Have Your Say’ consultation is now open for the discussion paper on measures to prevent the importation of seafood from fisheries involving illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices.
Assistant Secretary of Fisheries Branch, Mr George Day said Australia is committed to combating…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, November 2023
Microbiological testing programs covered in this manual are those programs approved by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment to demonstrate compliance with the relevant Australian standards…
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This document outlines the department's operational processes regarding the use of manual meat descriptions on export certification.
This document relates to the use of manual meat descriptions on export certification for:
meat and meat products
poultry and poultry meat…
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In determining whether or not to grant an import permit under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Act), the Director of Biosecurity or their delegate may have regard to whether the applicant is a fit and proper…
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