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New procedures for imported animal-based pet food through the mail will see items destroyed if they don’t pass muster.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance Dr Chris Locke said the new measures were to control the risk of diseases.
“Animal-based pet food often contains high-risk…
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Check the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system, and your Import Permit conditions (if relevant) to determine all import requirements prior to importing, and to confirm that offshore phosphine…
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In May we co-hosted the 2024 Quarantine Regulators Meeting (QRM) with Vietnam’s Plant Protection Department (PPD). The meeting took place in Vietnam and was attended by over 40 biosecurity agencies across the world.It coincided with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Australia and…
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A delegation of Australian agricultural representatives was in New Delhi last week fostering deeper ties with local food processors and promoting complementary links at a showcase of India’s food processing sector.World Food India (WFI) promotes India’s booming food processing and manufacturing…
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Non-tariff barriers: A billion dollar burdenThis report summarises the impact of non-tariff barriers on agriculture and presents new modelling results that show non-tariff barriers are equivalent to a 19% tariff and are a billion dollar burden on Australian agricultural exports.Download PDF (754 KB…
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Applications are now open for the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program grant round.First Assistant Secretary for Agvet Chemicals, Fisheries, Forestry and Engagement, Emma Campbell, said the funding will enable the use of innovative technology for timber production in privately-…
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Pineapple, prawn and peanut producers will be helped to access safe and effective agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals through $2 million in grants.The grants are part of the Australian Government’s $33.8 million 15-year commitment to help farmers access agvet chemicals to help feed…
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Screwworm fly: a continual threat
No. 109
Chrysomya bezziana and Cochliomyia hominivorax (order Diptera, family Calliphoridae), the Old World and New World screwworm flies respectively, are two species of parasites capable of infesting any warm-blooded animal (including humans), causing myiasis…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 19 June 2024, rainfall was isolated to the southern and western parts of the country.Across cropping regions, falls of between 5 and 50 millimetres were observed in South Australia, central New South Wales, eastern…
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This indicator uses the area and proportion of forest ecosystems reserved through formal and informal processes as a measure of the emphasis placed by society on the preservation of representative ecosystems as a strategy to conserve biodiversity.This is the Key information for Indicator 1.1c,…
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