Search Results
16 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of:Test kits not testing for disease agents, imported under tariff codes 3822.19, 3002.12 or 3002.15.Purified antibodies raised against inorganic material or antigens from multicellular organisms, imported under tariff codes 3002.12 or…
- Last modified
OverviewInspect commodity units that are profiled as being at greater risk of being infested, and remove or treat those with evidence of being infested.Examples of risk-based grading include inspection of sea containers or passengers’ luggage that have recently had elevated exposure to the pest.…
- Last modified
Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection…
- Last modified
Golden Mile Orchards
PtyLtd
P.O. Box 38
DONNYBROOK WA 6239
Ph: (08) 97311289 Fax: (08) 97311052
Mobile: 0419 939 905
Email: samandness@bigpond.com.au
A.B.N. 93008 744 554
Dr Vanessa Findlay
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Dear Dr Findlay
I am…
- Last modified
Category: Legal requirements including market access requirements
NSFS reference: 20
Issue date: 27/02/2015
Date of effect: 13 April 2015
Review date: February 2017
Contact officers…
- Last modified
3 June 2021
Who does this notice affect?
Clients in the import and shipping industries – including freight forwarders, importers, and customs brokers – associated with imported goods and containers.
What has changed?
In 2019, the department initiated a review of the Minimum documentary and…
- Last modified
8 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
Information
The department’s network has been impacted by the outage affecting the Optus mobile and fixed networks. The outage is ongoing but…
- Last modified
29 July 2022
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 principal agents— associated with importing goods that require…
- Last modified
7 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Persons who lodge documents via Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS).What has changed?As a direct result of industry feedback, the department has increased the COLS upload file size limit from 10 MB to 20 MB.This enhancement delivers on commitments to…
- Last modified
10 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers, brokers, operators of approved arrangement sites and biosecurity entry points managing goods subject to biosecurity inspection.What has changed?On the 1st of July 2025 the department released a Have Your Say survey for industry to comment on the…
- Last modified