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Imports of plants and their products from outside Australia can risk introducing weeds, pests and diseases. These can threaten Australia’s natural environment, our food security and economy.We set import conditions to reduce these risks. Learn more about how we manage plant biosecurity risks.Plant…
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Follow these steps to export fish and fish products. This guide will help you comply with Australian export laws and meet importing country requirements.Fees and charges apply to some steps.Note: If you are exporting live fish not intended for human consumption, refer to requirements for live…
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If you believe that a decision made by the department is unreasonable, there is a process in place by which you can ask for a review of that decision. Read the relevant legislation.
If you have difficulty accessing the legislation from our website, please contact us as soon as possible and…
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We support fish exporters to access markets overseas, but other government agencies and industry groups also have a role in supporting exports from Australia.If you are involved in exporting fish products, you are responsible for keeping up to date with changes to market access.There are a range of…
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The department has created this set of guidelines to assist those wishing to prepare fish products in Australia for export, as well as those wishing to export the final products.
This guideline sets out mandatory minimum testing requirements for export establishments that prepare fish products.…
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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment audits export registered establishments to verify the procedures documented in their Approved Arrangement (AA) and assure compliance with export legislation.
Audit frequency
For fish establishments, audit frequency is determined by the type…
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A declaration of compliance is a statement made by the manufacturer regarding the eligibility of the prescribed fish and fish products being exported.
The declaration must state the specific fish products being exported meets all the requirements of the Export Control Act 2020, and any specific…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages requirements for the approved arrangement (AA) that an establishment must have in place to be export registered. Keep reading for more information on AAs, and also make sure that you check out our short videos on the ‘Seafood video…
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Trigger for sampling abalone
When Tasmania’s Shellfish Market Access Program (ShellMAP) monitoring detects the presence of biotoxins and/or potentially toxic phytoplankton in waters and/or shellfish meat samples that contain paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) levels which result in closure of…
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Paralytic Shellfish Toxin (PST) is a shellfish neurotoxin that occurs in shellfish following a hazardous algal bloom event of specific phytoplankton/algae. Australia has set a regulatory level of 0.8mg/kg for bivalve molluscs (i.e. oysters, mussels etc).
The Department of Agriculture and Water…
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