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Machinery exported from Australia due to excessive contamination

​​Machinery imported to Australia must be free from biosecurity risk material on arrival. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015,machinery that has been brought into Australia and found to be excessively…
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Weed risk assessments frequently asked questions

​[Expand all] How do I know if a species has already been assessed? Species which have been assessed for importation into Australia are listed as either permitted or not permitted entry on the department's Biosecurity import conditions (BICON) system. Importers should check BICON prior to…
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Questions and Answers

​Release of the Final report for the non–regulated analysis of existing policy for the fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam 16 April 2013 A non-regulated analysis of existing policy Why was…
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Animal product monitoring datasets 2015–16

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2016 The animal residue testing datasets 2015-16 outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2015-16 financial year, under the National…
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Meat Notice 2018-06 - Goat Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing (GTART) and Horse Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing Program (HTART) – Antibacterial Confirmatory Testing for Suspect Goats and Horses

​​​NSFS reference: 13Issue date: 27/11/2018​​Date of effect: ImmediateReview date: November 2020Contact officers:Dugald MacLachlan Director Residues and Microbiology Policy 02 6272 3183Mac Tawadros…
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Residue and residue testing

​​ResiduesIn agriculture, the term ‘residue’ is generally used to describe the small amounts of agricultural and veterinary chemicals, or their breakdown products, that remain in or on an agricultural…
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Emergency Animal Diseases Bulletin No. 108

Edwardsiella ictaluri – a significant pathogen of fish Edwardsiella ictaluri, of theFamily Enterobacteriaceae, is a gram negative, rod–shaped bacterium that causes significant disease in a range of…
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Potential economic consequences of African swine fever in Australia

Authors: Rachel Slatyer, Ahmed Hafi, Kirsty Richards, Mark Cozens, Donkor Addai, LY Cao, Chris Mornement, Miles Keighley, Tony Arthur Overview Since 2007, African swine fever (ASF) has spread through Europe, Asia and some of Australia’s nearest Pacific…
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eCert (electronic certification) for Australia

  What is eCert? eCert allows importing and exporting government agencies to exchange government certificates electronically. It works via a secure and encrypted data exchange. We use eCert to exchange: phytosanitary certificates for plant and plant-related products sanitary…
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Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

Friday 9 September 2022 COMMUNIQUÉ Commonwealth, state and territory agriculture ministers met virtually on Friday 9 September 2022 for the second Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) since the election of the Albanese Government. This meeting had a strong biosecurity focus and…
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