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14/12/2023
Who does this notice affect?
Import-related biosecurity treatment stakeholders, including all importers, brokerages, onshore approved arrangement holders, overseas government and treatment industry entities, relevant domestic state and territory government agencies, and other shipping…
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Australia’s national diagnostic network for aquatic animal diseases has been developed over time to support the many functions of Australia’s aquatic animal health management system. These include:
confirmation or exclusion of exotic diseases
implementing disease management measures
enterprise…
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Applications for approval of new phytosanitary treatments for seeds for sowing should follow the following guidance. Applications can be sent to imports@aff.gov.au, attention Plant T2.
International standards
Applications should aim to address the requirements included in the International…
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Following on from our hitchhiker pest awareness campaign earlier in 2023, we’ve had a recent uplift in reports from people returning from overseas, after they discovered bugs in their personal effects.
One discovery was reported in Victoria when a traveller returning from Tuscany, Italy found a…
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Options for the Development of National Standards and Guidelines for Animal Welfare
AWTG 06-23 noted an update that a subgroup of the AWTG have developed a stakeholder engagement approach and a draft standards development framework as part of the staged approach to improvement. Initial engagement…
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12 December 2023
Purpose
This 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 points
PEMS is…
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12 December 2023
Species: All
Countries: All
Attention
All livestock export stakeholders
Purpose
To advise stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has extended the consultation for stage 2 of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) review.
Key…
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Date of issue: 12 December 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference number: IAN 2023-10
Attention
Organic operators and exporters, organic approved certifying bodies and industry bodies.
Purpose
To formally notify industry of the recent ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation of The Organic Food Chain…
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11 December 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and Authorised Officers (AOs) of the 2023–24 Christmas and New Year period office arrangements.
Summary of changes and key points
Our Canberra offices will be closed for the Christmas/New Year period…
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Voluntary fumigation of fresh cut flowers and foliage, during the Christmas and New Year period.
Who does this notice affect?
Industry stakeholders including importers, approved arrangements, freight forwarders and brokers that deal with imported cut flowers and foliage.
What has changed?…
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