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Machinery exported from Australia due to excessive contamination

​​Machinery imported to Australia must be free from biosecurity risk material on arrival. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015,machinery that has been brought into Australia and found to be excessively…
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Apiaceous vegetable seeds

We have completed a review of import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing. Updates Implementation pause We are reviewing the biosecurity status of pests considered in the review of apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing, including consideration of new scientific information and…
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Announcement information paper - commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh longan fruit (Dimocarpus longan) from Vietnam

​​​​​​​​​Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2018 The purpose of the Announcement Information Paper is to provide background information about the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam. Its intended audience is stakeholders with an interest…
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Australia's forests

The sections below are key information from Australia's State of the Forests Report. This information provides important context for users of the Forests Australia website.Forest definitionThe definition of forest used by Australia's National Forest Inventory is:An area, incorporating all living…
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Meat Notice 2018-06 - Goat Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing (GTART) and Horse Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing Program (HTART) – Antibacterial Confirmatory Testing for Suspect Goats and Horses

​​​NSFS reference: 13Issue date: 27/11/2018​​Date of effect: ImmediateReview date: November 2020Contact officers:Dugald MacLachlan Director Residues and Microbiology Policy 02 6272 3183Mac Tawadros…
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Capsicum spp. fruit from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu

Import conditions for fresh chilli (Capsicum annum) fruit from Fiji have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits can now be issued.The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Fiji and an importer in Australia. The…
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2017 Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity Review

The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) was first independently reviewed in 2017 with the current IGAB coming into effect in 2019.In July 2017, the independent panel presented the final report, Priorities for Australia’s biosecurity system: an independent review of the capacity of the…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023 [Provisions] and related bills

May 2024DownloadAustralian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023  [Provisions] and related bills (PDF 776 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for…
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Animal product monitoring datasets 2015–16

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2016 The animal residue testing datasets 2015-16 outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2015-16 financial year, under the National…
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Failing Food Report – September 2024

This report lists food that has recently failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). Data for the fails in this report and previous reports are available from this link - Imported Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports - Dataset - data.gov.auFood testsWe target…
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