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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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8 March 2025 (Updated 25 March 2025)Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers who have imported or plan to import goods containing or derived from foot and mouth disease (FMD)-susceptible species (including cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, giraffe, elephants, camelids (alpacas, llamas and camel…
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Australia is free of many exotic (new) pests and diseases. This is thanks to Australia’s biosecurity system. But we are always at risk of them entering the country.If these pests or diseases make it through the border, they could threaten our agricultural industries, environment and jobs. Our way…
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Australia is fortunate to be free from many of the world’s most damaging plant pests and diseases that could severely impact our natural environment and agricultural industries.In early December 2024, the department, in collaboration with state and territory governments through the Plant Health…
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The Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) is a regulatory requirement. Exporters must meet requirements in ESCAS to export feeder or slaughter livestock from Australia.
For the purpose of export, we define livestock as sheep, goats, cattle, deer, buffalo, and camelids. ESCAS only applies…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2018The factsheet provides an overview of the risk analysis for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam.DownloadDocumentPagesFile size…
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01 October 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the citrus industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of packhouses to export to protocol markets for the 2025 season, as well as for the accreditation of packhouses under the packhouse grower supplier model.…
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Rising interceptions
In 2020, Australia saw a marked increase in khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) interceptions. These tiny but hardy insects – or their remains – were found in goods they had previously not been found with, and in shipments from countries not known to have khapra beetle.…
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The Department of Agriculture maintains agreed mechanisms and guidelines for the development, evaluation and communication of new tests developed in Australia and New Zealand for infectious animal…
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5 February 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of fresh kiwifruit from Italy.Date of effectAdditional inspection requirements will be…
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