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Open trade key for food security

Trade policy and reducing agricultural support have a strong role to play in guaranteeing international food security, according to the latest Insights report from ABARES. Executive Director of ABARES Dr Jared Greenville said open trade is a big part of the solution to long-term food security. “…
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2024-61: Plant Export Operations – Updates to Phytosanitary Certification and Request for Permits

25 September 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of upcoming updates to paper phytosanitary certificates and Request for Permits (RFPs) for horticulture and grain commodities.Summary of changes and key pointsOn Wednesday, 9 October 2024 there will be updates made to…
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Intensive livestock and game

​​​The department plays an important role developing policy and providing advice to the Australian Government on issues affecting the intensive livestock and game industries.Australian Eggs and Australian Pork Limited are the industry service bodies responsible for research and development and…
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Dairy farms in the Murray-Darling Basin

​​Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso The southern Murray–Darling Basin has around one-fifth of Australia’s total dairy farms. In 2014–15 irrigated dairy production contributed 17 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Basin (ABS 2016). Dairy farming in…
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Methods of Analysis and Sampling

​​​​ Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (Host Government - Hungary) The Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) defines criteria for Codex methods of analysis and sampling and coordinates the work of Codex with other international groups working in methods of…
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Pepino mosaic virus and pospiviroids in tomato seed

We have completed a pest risk analysis for Pepino mosaic virus and pospiviroids associated with tomato seed.UpdateDe-regulation of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) On 12 March 2024, we removed the specific pathogen testing measures for Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) from…
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Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer

Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO), Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, is the primary representative of, and an advisor to, the Australian Government on all matters relating to Australia’s plant health status and its supporting systems. As head of…
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New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Response to The Issues Paper for The Import Risk Analysis for Fresh Apples from The Pacific Northwest of The USA

DGO08/640 Dr Colin Grant Chief Executive Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Dear Dr Grant I refer to the release by Biosecurity Australia (BA) in July 2008 of the…
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Johnny Appleseed Holdings Ltd

​Office of the Chief Executive Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 3 July, 2011 Submission This submission is on behalf of Johnny Appleseed Holdings Ltd and has been prepared in…
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Response to the Issues paper for import risk analysis for fresh apples from the People's Republic of China - New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

DGO08/640 Dr Colin Grant Chief Executive Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Dear Dr Grant I refer to the release by Biosecurity Australia (BA) in July 2008 of the…
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