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Imported plants and their products can introduce exotic and unwanted weeds, pests and diseases into Australia. These can threaten our natural environment, our food security and economy.
We protect Australia’s biosecurity status through education and targeted regulation.
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, October 2025DownloadApproved Laboratories for Testing Meat and Meat Products (PDF 340 KB)Approved Laboratories for Testing Meat and Meat Products (DOCX 76 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility…
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OverviewThe Menu of Measures is a resource developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, to support the assessment and management of phytosanitary risks – that is, risks to the health of plants. It helps users identify a range of potential risk-reducing phytosanitary measures and…
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22 May 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications for the accreditation of farms and packhouses and registration of treatment facilities are now open to export mangoes and lychees to protocol markets for the 2024-25 season.Summary of changes and key…
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12 May 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and registration of treatment facilities are now open to export lychees and mangoes to protocol markets for the 2025-26 season.Summary of changes and key…
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Introduction
On 16 October 2018, the Senate referred the following matters to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 February 2019:
The independence of regulatory decisions made by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines…
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An overviewThe Australian Department of Agriculture (the department) is conducting a review of its existing policy for the importation of the dormant tubers of Calla lilies (Zantedeschia species only).…
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OverviewPhysical barriers are used to exclude pests at the scale of the packed commodity or consignment.Examples include the covering or packaging of the commodity (e.g. with netting or in boxes or pallets) using pest-exclusionary material, and the secure transport of consignments (e.g. in sea…
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Date of issue: 12 January 2023Date of effect: ImmediateReference Number: MAA2022-04AttentionIndustries — Industry bodies — Australian Food and Grocery CouncilExport establishmentsExportersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and Regional officesPurposeTo notify exporters of…
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