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Indonesia’s food consumption and trade: will domestic reform keep up with demand?

Authors: Kevin Burns, Shujia (Charlie) Qin and Trish Gleeson Source: Indonesia-Australia Commercial Cattle Breeding program (IACCB) Introduction Indonesia’s trade ties with Australia are longstanding. However, Indonesia’s previously strong growth in…
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History of locust and grasshopper outbreaks in Australia

[expand all] Locusts as Pests The three main pest species of locusts in Australia are the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera), the spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). Locusts can cause widespread and severe damage to…
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Meat Notice 2023-02 – Implementation of the new Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production and Transportation of Meat and Meat Products for Human Consumption (AS4696:2023) (Australian Meat Standard)

Download Implementation of the new Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production and Transportation of Meat and Meat Products for Human Consumption (PDF 286 KB) If you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility. NSFS reference: 5 Issue date: Immediate Date…
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Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia's Submission to the Draft Import Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Unshu Mandarin Fruit From Japan

​Entomology Comments 1. Pest list As the draft IRA only requires an organism's presence on Citrus as the justification for presence on fresh Unshu mandarin fruit, this direction was followed in…
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Meat Notice 13-02 - Product Integrity and Certification Requirements

​NSFS Ref 20 Issue Date: 21.05.2013  Contact Officers:Christine Coulson Director, Product Integrity Export Meat Program Ph 02 6272 4167Email: Christine CoulsonJason Ollington Field…
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Product standards guideline - fish exports

The department has created this set of guidelines to assist those wishing to prepare fish products in Australia for export, as well as those wishing to export the final products. This guideline sets out mandatory minimum testing requirements for export establishments that prepare fish products.…
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Weekly update - 9 June 2022

Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update Key issues For the week ending 8 June 2022, low-pressure systems and cold fronts brought rainfall to southern and eastern parts of the country, while a north-west cloud band resulted in rainfall for north-western and central…
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Pup 2 Pup: From Seal Handler to Dog Handler

Detect and Protect An Australian biosecurity podcast Series 2 Episode 6 Host: Casey Baines Guest: Kelvin Wong Kelvin recently joined the detector dog program in 2022 and has now found his feet with detector dog Udell at his side. In this episode Kevin outlines learning and development…
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MAA 2020-22: China: Fish: New government certificate for the export of non-viable seafood to China: Guide to raising a request for permit (RFP)

Date of issue: 22 December 2020 Date of effect: Immediate Reference Number: MAA2020-22 Related: MAA2020-20 Attention: Industries—Industry bodies - Seafood Export Consultative Committee Export establishments Licensed exporters Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment —Central…
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Failing Food Report – September 2020

Publication details Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, September 2020 This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports [expand all] Risk food tests We target…
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