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03-2024: Have Your Say – Proposed changes to the department’s Imported Inorganic Fertiliser Management Policy

22 January 2024 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including Biosecurity Industry Participants, master consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, importers, customs brokers and principle shipping agents – associated with the transport or…
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54-2018 - Changes under the Automatic Entry Processing reform affecting approved arrangements managing non-commodity concerns

14 June 2018Who does this notice affect? Biosecurity industry participants operating an approved arrangement (AA) broker class 19.1 and 19.2 and AA site holding class 1 approval.What has changed?As part…
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2024-16: Plant Export Operations – Plant Exports Management System expected maintenance outage

4 April 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers of expected system maintenance and associated outage.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS will be undergoing…
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13-2025: Upcoming changes to emergency measures to manage Xylella in imported nursery stock hosts

16 January 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.What is changing?Following our previous notification on 2 January 2025 (IIAN 01-2025),  the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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Analytical distributions and statistics for managing import pathway risk using the continuous sampling plan CSP-1

B. Barnes, G. Hood and F. Giannini Overview Australia imposes regulations on goods that arrive in the country and have the potential to introduce exotic pests and diseases. Continuous sampling plans (CSP) are operational biosecurity systems commonly implemented at the border to manage risk and,…
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2019-39 - Business Systems Program – Plant Exports Management System – System integration opportunities for industry

23 August 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that work has commenced to integrate existing third-party plant exports software with the department’s Plant Exports…
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2017-30 - Grain and Seed Exports Program – Revised Industry Management Plan to supply wheat and barley to the Chinese market

​​10 August 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the implementation of a revised Industry Management Plan to supply wheat and barley to the Chinese market…
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National Management Group Communiqué: Exotic Fruit Fly in the Torres Strait – 28 June 2021

Efforts to stop exotic fruit flies from entering Australia mainland through the Torres Strait will continue after a revised five-year response was endorsed on 28 June 2021 by the National Management Group (NMG). The Response Plan 2021-2026 outlines activities aimed at eradicating annual incursion…
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IFN 01-25 Commencement of the imposition of fees for post-inspection in-office imported food sample management activities on 3 February 2025

20 January 2025AttentionIndustry stakeholders, including commercial importers and brokers importing consignments of imported food subject to analytical testing under the Imported Food Control Act 1992.PurposeFrom 3 February 2025 the Department Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department)…
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20-2018 - Revised Assessment and Inspection Arrangements for Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Risk Vessels

​23 February 2018Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to relevant shipping agents, international vessel masters and international vessel operators of roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessels,…
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