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Imported food can be referred for testing under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme.How it worksWe issue you with an initial Food Control Certificate (FCC) that sets out what:food needs testingtests need to be performed.If we refer your food for testing, you must nominate a laboratory to conduct…
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October 2024 AcknowledgementsThe management of red imported fire ants in Australia is a matter of great significance for the Australian community. The Australian Government thanks the individuals and organisations who contributed to this inquiry. The development of this response was led by the…
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PEST: Spider mites, 3 Tetranychus species
IRA concludes unrestricted risk is VERY LOW
Probability of Entry
Importation:
Likelihood estimate should be HIGH not MODERATE given NZ experience of ‘numerous’ events (based on PDI (2003) records).
PDI (2003) Pest and Disease Information Database…
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Biosecurity Matters To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters.Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health, the…
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Carbon farming not only benefits the climate by reducing GHG emissions and storing more carbon. It can also provide other benefits — called co-benefits — including:healthier and more productive soils, better managed and more productive livestock and pasture,…
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Report to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Hon. Tony Burke M.P. on the Implementation of the Callinan Inquiry (No. 4, MARCH 2010)
Background
Following receipt of the final…
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As identified in Section 2.0, the set of recommended indicators provide a useful but limited understanding of the social and economic impacts of forestry in Australia. Indicators are necessarily…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2016The purpose of the Announcement Information Paper is to provide background information about the review of biosecurity import requirements for…
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10 October 2018This Biosecurity Advice invites stakeholders to provide comment on the proposed changes to the existing certification and the post-entry processing requirements for salmonid products…
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Biosecurity research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies.Methods for non-market valuation of alien invasive…
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