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3 March 2009
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2009/03
This Biosecurity Australia Advice informs stakeholders that Australia’s Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has determined a quarantine policy for the importation of bananas from the Philippines. Importation of bananas may be permitted…
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4 December 2008
Revised emergency measures for the importation of tomato and capsicum fruit from New Zealand
This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders that the emergency measures for…
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World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is an inter-governmental organisation formed in 1924. It currently has 183 member countries.
Its objectives are to:
ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation
collect, analyse and…
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Date of issue: 23 May 2024Date of effect: 23 May 2024Reference Number: MAA2024-16AttentionIndustry bodies:Dairy Australia, Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery CouncilDairy Export EstablishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and…
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There have been several reviews of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals system in recent years:Final Report on Future Structure and Governance Arrangements for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines…
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In 2016, the Australian Government began investigating the use of carp virus to control carp numbers in Australia. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) led work.The FRDC undertook extensive consultation, detailed investigations and targeted research. Eleven research…
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CSIROAnimals have been used in research for millennia – some of the first recorded experiments on animals date back to the 4th century BCE. Use of animals for the development and testing of medical products like medicines, vaccines and diagnostic procedures has been critically important to the…
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Date of issue: 15 April 2025Date of effect: ImmediateRelated MAAs: MAA 2024-55, MAA2023-39, MAA2023-04, MAA2022-17, MAA2022-04AttentionIndustry bodies – Dairy Australia, Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery CouncilDairy Export…
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Ending hunger around the world is the focus of World Food Day today, as 2.8 billion people still can’t afford a healthy diet and 733 million face hunger globally. Australia is one of 150 countries embracing this year’s World Food Day theme, “Right to foods for a better life and better future…
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Date of issue: 27 September 2024Date of effect: 1 October 2024Reference Number: MAA2024-14Attention:Industries—Industry bodies – Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Seafood Trade Advisory Group, Seafood Industry AustraliaExport establishmentsExporters, AEPI and EXDOC usersDepartment of…
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