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17 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Food importers and brokers acting on behalf of food importers.What has changed?Cases documenting the food safety requirements that apply to food imported into Australia that is intended for sale, were released on 15 June 2025. These are now incorporated into…
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In 2019 the department commissioned Ernst & Young to undertake an independent review of the costs of our export certification activities. These costs were set out in the 2020-21 food and plant export Cost Recovery Implementation Statements (CRIS). This review informed our public consultation…
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We regulate the export of organic/bio-dynamic goods from Australia. This ensures that goods:
comply with export laws
meet importing country requirements.
You can find out more in an overview of our regulatory system.
Laws and regulations
Regulation assures our trading partners that our…
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The Australian Government Departments of Agriculture and Water Resources, Health and Industry, Innovation and Science have commenced a review to examine the interaction between Australia’s food…
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The Australian Government’s current approach to drought policy has been informed by its history.States and territories have primary legislative and administrative responsibility for natural resources and agriculture. This includes:land usewater managementdrought response and planning.However, all…
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18 July 2013
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final non-regulated analysis of existing policy for Californian tables grapes to Western Australia.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) recommends that the importation of fresh table…
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Before landing in Australian territory, you must comply with our requirements for aircraft clearance.The Biosecurity obligations for aircraft arriving in Australian territory outlines the mandatory obligations at each stage of aircraft clearance.Here we’ve reproduced the section on arrival in…
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Australian Government, 2017
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Australian Government response to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry: Responses to, and lessons learnt from, the January and February 2016 bushfires in remote Tasmanian Wilderness (PDF - 120.82 KB)
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13 May 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders of the temporary suspension of exports for certain commodities to Lebanon, following notification from Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture of revised import conditions.Summary of changes and key pointsAustralia has…
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Date of Issue: 16 January 2014
Date of Effect: Immediate
Affected Markets: China
The Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) recently published a notice in relation to health foods titled - ‘Notice of Further Standardizing the Supervision and Management of Health Food and Crack Down on…
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