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Importing test kits for foot and mouth disease or other notifiable animal diseases

Frequently Asked Questions 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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Australia and international plant protection

Australia is a party to international treaties that govern the trade of goods. As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Australia is obliged to ensure that sanitary (relating to human and animal health) and phytosanitary (relating to plant health) measures are based on science and applied…
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Guidelines for nucleic acid detection (NAD) techniques

Publication details​​Sub-committee of Animal Health Laboratory Standards (SCAHLS), 2008 This document details recommendations made at the SCAHLS Workshop—Molecular Diagnosis and PCR-Related Technologies…
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Information management and public data

We collect and record a broad range of data to inform our many functions. This information is stored as datasets and available to the Australian public. We publish, link to and share data to: help grow the economy stimulate innovation improve service delivery create efficiencies across…
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Rice farms in the Murray-Darling Basin

​​Authors: Dale Ashton and Jeremy van Dijk​​ In 2014–15 rice production contributed 4 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Murray–Darling Basin (ABS 2017). Almost all of Australia’s rice production occurs in the NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee regions in the…
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Meat Notice 2014-07 - Procedure for establishments ordering, possessing, applying and disposing resemblances of official marks

​​NSFS Ref. 4 Issue Date: 12/11/2014 Contact Officers:Samantha Gladwish Ph 02 6272 4260 Email: Samantha GladwishChristine Coulson Ph: 02 6272 4167 Email : Christine Coulson Date of…
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2024-33: Horticulture – Applications for the export of Tasmanian apples and pears to protocol markets in 2024-25

12 June 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the Tasmanian apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses and cold stores, and the registration of treatment facilities to export apples and pears to protocol markets for the…
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2016-11 - Implementation of tamper-indicative seal and bolt seal in accordance with the legislative changes to Part 13 of the Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Order 2005 effective 20 November 2016

24 August 2016Purpose To advise departmental staff and industry of the Implementation date for tamper-indicative seal and bolt seal in accordance with the legislative changes in Part 13 section 13.10…
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Changes to the Macadamia Nuts levy/charge rate - Effective 1 January 2021

From 1 January 2021, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) component of the levy/charge on macadamia nuts, currently set at 0.20 cents per kilogram, will decrease to nil. The total levy/charge rate will decrease from 25.41 cents per kilogram to 25.21 cents per kilogram. The EPPR levy/…
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2013-16 - Grain and Seed Export Program - Export Compliance Goods Storage

​28 March 2013 Purpose To inform industry and Authorised Officers that Volume 7A of the Plant Export Operations Manual (PEOM) - Export Compliance Goods Storage (ECGS) is now accessible on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website. Background ECGS is a key export…
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