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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2019-A09 - Reinstatement of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as an approved jurisdiction for import of horses to Australia

25 November 2019 The Department of Agriculture has assessed the equine health status of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR) and the biosecurity controls in place for racehorses under the control of the Hong Kong Jockey Club that travel to and from the Conghua Training Centre (CTC…
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2019-A02 - High pressure processing of chicken meat: draft report

17 April 2019 We invite you to comment on the draft report by 17 June 2019. The draft review is available on the department website. You can submit comments at Have Your Say. We initiated this assessment in response to  stakeholder interest in having high pressure processing (HPP)…
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97-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 03 April to Friday 04 April 2025 – Multiple Systems

31 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period. All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients required to use the eCertificate exports portal who…
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12-2018 - Reminder of Packing Declaration Requirement Changes

2 February 2018Who does this notice affect?Clients who assess consignment specific and annual packing declarations under a Class 19.1 Approved Arrangement and clients who lodge packing declarations to…
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188-2024: *Update* Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 31 August to Sunday 01 September 2024 – DAFF messaging, SeaPest

27 August 2024Who does this notice affect?All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo…
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29-2025: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 08 February 2025 – DAFF messaging, EXDOC, NEXDOC, SeaPest

03 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)…
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Non-standard import permits for timber and plant products not for human consumption

Timber and plant products present a range of biosecurity risks. Our Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system outlines the import conditions for timber and plant products that reduce the biosecurity risk to an acceptable level. Timber and plant products that meet these import conditions present…
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154-2024: Update to the process for importing non-standard dehydrated and pre-sterilised microbiological media

18 July 2024Who does this notice affect?Importers of culture media productsWhat has changed?The department has completed an import risk review of dehydrated and pre-sterilised microbiological media. The review recommends new baseline risk mitigation measures to modernise and simplify Australia’s…
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Australian Carbon Credit Units Scheme Plantation Forestry Notification

The 2022 plantation forestry method builds on the 2017 plantation forestry method (the 2017 method) to provide more opportunities for the plantation forestry industry to participate in the ACCU Scheme. A project under the 2022 plantation forestry method will accumulate or sequester carbon as the…
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Application to change the end use of imported biological goods (repurposing)

Biological goods that have previously been imported into Australia may be subject to end use restrictions. In other words, there may be restrictions to how those goods can be used in Australia.This page outlines the process of applying to the department for approval to change the end use of…
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