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Live animals onboard vessels may introduce serious diseases to Australia such as African swine fever, screw worm fly, rabies, Newcastle disease, and foot and mouth disease, and therefore pose a risk to the health of Australian animals, people and environment. Animals include cats, dogs, fish, birds…
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We have completed the risk analysis for okra from India. We will now verify that India can meet the import conditions.
Risk analysis
When we do a risk analysis we:
review the science on pests and diseases of concern
assess and analyse biosecurity risks…
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11 January 2017Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to importers of fresh cut flowers and foliage and associated industry participants and retailersWhat has changed? As a part of the…
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Import conditions for nectarines from China are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
A decision to import nectarines from China into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in Australia and a supplier in China who…
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A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture - Biosecurity's work. Biosecurity Advice notices are sent to registered stakeholders and placed on the website.
Information about…
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Release of Final report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh mangosteen fruit from Indonesia
June 2012
Non-regulated analysis of existing policy
Why was this non-regulated…
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10 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.InformationTo support system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 14 June to 01:00 Sunday 15 June 2025 (AEST).Following…
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18 July 2013
A non-regulated analysis of existing policy
Why has this analysis of existing import conditions for fresh table grapes for human consumption from California into Western Australia been conducted?
The United States requested an extension of market access for Californian table…
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Final import risk analysis report for fresh decrowned pineapple fruit from Malaysia
Questions and Answers – 14 December 2012
Import risk analysis
Why was this import risk analysis undertaken?…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has reviewed its arrangements for clearing imported cargo when the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs) Integrated Cargo System (ICS) or the key the department import systems are not available. After an…
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