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The European Union Cattle Accreditation Scheme (EUCAS) is a national animal production scheme that guarantees full traceability of all animals through the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS), linking individual animal identification to a central database. EUCAS allows Australia to…
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24 May 2019Who does this notice affect? This notice affects clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) who import FCL consignments of seeds, grains and stored plant…
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Tim Kane
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Foot-and-mouth disease is not present in Australia.
It has recently been detected in neighbouring Indonesia for the first time in 30 years.
Border settings have been adjusted to keep Australia foot-and-mouth disease free as Indonesia gets this under control.
While…
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Many insects belonging to the order the Orthoptera can be readily identified
by their large back legs which enable them to hop or jump.Locusts are…
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29 April 2025The final report recommends that the importation of commercially produced pomelo to Australia from all commercial production areas of Vietnam can be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements.The final report takes into account comments received from stakeholders on the…
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News and alertsChanges to Vegetable seed for sowingFrom 1 July 2025 an import permit will be required for Brassicaceous seed requiring treatment and Cucurbitaceous seed requiring testing and/or treatment, that are imported for an end use of sowing. Importers will be able to apply for import permits…
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When levies and charges applyLevyLevy applies to potatoes harvested in Australia if they are:sold by the person who owns them immediately after harvest, orprocessed at a processing establishment in Australia.Where a change of ownership occurs, levy is payable on both the sale and the…
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When levies and charges applyLevyLevy applies to dried grapes where the grapes were grown in Australia and:dried in Australia outside a packing house and delivered to a packing house in Australia by or on behalf of the growerdelivered to a packing house in Australia by or on behalf of the…
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When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to honey produced in Australia by a bee of the species Apis mellifera and:sold, orused in Australia to produce other goods.Export chargeExport charge applies to honey produced in Australia by a bee of the species Apis mellifera and exported…
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When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to farmed prawns harvested in Australia if the person who owns them immediately after harvest:delivered the farmed prawns to another personsold the farmed prawnsprocessed the farmed prawns themselves, orhad the farmed prawns processed by…
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