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What is foot-and-mouth disease?
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a serious and highly contagious viral animal disease that affects primarily cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, lamas, alpacas, deer and pigs.
FMD virus is carried by…
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Date of issue: 30 June 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention
Industry bodies, Dairy Export Consultative Committee
Registered dairy manufacturers
State regulatory authorities
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To notify dairy…
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This is a step-by-step guide on how to export live horses overseas.
We recommend that you contact a transport company or a registered veterinarian. They can help you with the export process, including:
preparing horses for export
meeting importing country requirements
transport logistics.…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection…
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Cattle and sheep exported to Kuwait and United Arab Emirates in May 2023
November 2023
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Report 237: Independent Observer summary report on MV Al Messilah in May 2023 (PDF 751 KB)
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Voyage summary…
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28 September 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to clarify departmental processes for authorisation of plant and plant product Requests for Permit (RFP), including requirements for out of hours authorisations and urgent/critical requests.
Summary of changes and key points
The…
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Dr Kylie Hewson
Dr Kylie Hewson has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Industry category.
Dr Hewson has a long-standing, well-established career working in the fields of animal health management and biosecurity. Dr Hewson’s network of contacts and background in biotechnological…
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We list certain documents we table in Parliament. We publish them to make our processes and decisions more transparent to the Australian public.Corporate reportsDepartmental annual reportsPortfolio Budget StatementsSenate Order on departmental and agency contractsSenate Order on grantsSenate Order…
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On 20 February 2020, 9News released an article titled “Toxic secret that could be contaminating your meat.” The article raised concern about cattle with high levels of PFAS being sold into the Australian market and that this could be a danger to consumers. The article suggested that a concerned…
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8 October 2021
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Attachment 1a: Descriptions of food listed in Article 7 of GACC Decree 248 DOCX
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Attachment 1b: Information required by the department in preparation for GACC registration under Article 7 of Decree…
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