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1 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers, brokers, operators of approved arrangement sites and operators of biosecurity entry points.What has changed?We are drafting new policy to improve the way we schedule biosecurity and imported food inspections.A Have Your Say survey on the draft…
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We have completed our Review of the biosecurity risks of prawns imported from all countries for human consumption. The final report included proposed import conditions. Publication of the final report represented the end of the process.Comment was sought on the import conditions proposed in the…
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Draft non-regulated analysis of existing policy for Californian…
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A Sydney-based detector dog from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry kennel has been named one of the country’s top service animals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show today.Six-year-old black Labrador Retriever Vespa was honoured with The Australasian Animal Registry Service Dog…
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4 June 2021
Who does this notice affect?
SAC entries that have been upgraded to AIMS
CAPEC clients (DHL, FedEx and UPS) and
StarTrack clients (Sydney and Melbourne)
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For SAC entries that have been upgraded to AIMS, CAPEC clients (DHL, FedEx and UPS) and StarTrack clients (Sydney…
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Swill feeding is when food scraps are fed to pigs. This practice can cause and spread emergency animal diseases. Diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever. In Australia we use laws…
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27 March 2019
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principle agents— associated with importing goods that require…
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Jackson Conaty, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney; Jarrad Sanderson and Sally Thomson, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Lumpy Skin Disease
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a vector borne viral disease of cattle that causes relatively low mortality however morbidity…
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Emerita Professor Eileen Scott
The University of Adelaide’s Emerita Professor Eileen Scott has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Education category.
With over 30 years of research and teaching experience, Dr Scott is a scholar and researcher with real-world impact.
Her…
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