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Changes to our privacy noticeFrom October 2024, how we store and use your information in the Biosecurity Portal has changed. We now use audit logs to keep information you share with us more secure.We've updated our Privacy notice with these changes.Biosecurity PortalWelcome to an easier way to do…
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4 August 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the mainland apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms, packhouses and cold stores, and the registration of treatment facilities to export apples and pears to protocol markets for the 2025…
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Less than Container Load (LCL) and Freight All Kinds (FAK) containers with target high risk goods that are shipped from target risk countries between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive) are managed at the container level for BMSB risk prior to deconsolidation.Once the container risk has been…
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Applications openApplications are now open for two exciting opportunities under the Future Drought Fund:Drought Resilience Innovation Challenges Pilot ProgramHelp drive transformational change to build drought and climate resilience. Grants of up to $2 million are available for eligible projects.…
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OverviewChemical and physical phytosanitary treatments that kill or inactivate pests in the consignment.Examples include chemical treatments and fumigants, heat or vapour heat treatment, cold storage and irradiation. These are mostly applied post-production.Demonstrating treatment efficacy requires…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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When requesting an export permit through the department’s Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system, it is essential to provide the product details being exported and ensure eligibility for export.Dairy product category codes are used when raising a request for export (REX) to specify the specific…
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Entomology Comments
1. Pest list
As the draft IRA only requires an organism's presence on Citrus as the justification for presence on fresh Unshu mandarin fruit, this direction was followed in…
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Extension of nectarine import risk analysis to peaches, plums and apricots from China - draft report
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is conducting a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh peaches, plums and apricots from China.
The draft report includes risk assessments for identified quarantine pests and the proposed risk management measures in order to reduce…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, April 2020
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
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Risk food tests
We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We…
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