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Food safety recognition agreements (arrangements) can be mutual, meaning both countries recognise each other’s food safety regulatory systems as comparable (equivalent) to their own, or they can be unilateral, meaning only one country out of the two will recognise the other country’s food safety…
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Date of Issue: 23 February 2016Date of Effect: ImmediateAttention:
Industries - Seafood
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Central and Regional…
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Biosecurity Advice 2016-17 - Importation of captive non-human primates – review of import conditions
30 May 2016This Biosecurity Advice advises stakeholders of the release of a draft report of the review of import conditions of captive non-human primates into Australia. The Department of Agriculture…
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This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports
Food tests
We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We refer 100% of risk food imports until we…
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We offer our employees a range of benefits. These include an inclusive workplace, competitive salaries and flexible working arrangements.Enterprise agreementThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 came into effect on 4 April 2024. This enterprise…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsFrom mid-2025 imported food safety requirements will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported…
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Many insects belonging to the order the Orthoptera can be readily identified
by their large back legs which enable them to hop or jump.Locusts are…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 14 June 2023, an intense low, cold front and a trough generated rainfall of between 10 and 50 millimetres across much of New South Wales, and parts of southern Queensland, southern South Australia and far…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 10 January 2024, troughs generated widespread rainfall across much of eastern, southern, central and northern Australia. Severe thunderstorms resulted in locally intense rainfall of up to 200 millimetres in areas…
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Entomology Comments
1. Pest list
As the draft IRA only requires an organism's presence on Citrus as the justification for presence on fresh Unshu mandarin fruit, this direction was followed in…
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