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30 May 2025From 14 June 2025 the food safety requirements that apply to food imported for sale into Australia will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).For more information visit Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.Key points:You will be able to search…
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To show our commitment to keeping foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) out of Australia, we recently hosted meat and livestock industry leaders on a tour around Sydney International Airport.
Industry bodies invited included Australian Pork Limited, Wilmot Cattle Co, Australian Wool Innovation, the…
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IAN 2025-18: NEXDOC outage 15-16 June 2025Date of issue: 12 June 2025AttentionNEXDOC registered exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwardersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional officesPurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) advises Next…
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21 August 2017This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of emergency measures for specific sea freight consignments of containerised and break bulk cargo from all ports in Europe which load cargo…
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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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28 May 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of tomato seed for sowing.
What is changing?
The purpose of this alert is to advise stakeholders of upcoming changes to import conditions for tomato seeds for sowing. These changes are…
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16 January 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.What is changing?Following our previous notification on 2 January 2025 (IIAN 01-2025), the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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1. Information on EUCAS
1.1. Why do we need EUCAS for the European Union?
The European Union will not accept Australian beef unless certain production requirements are met.
These requirements include:
the beef is from cattle that have not been treated with Hormonal Growth Promotants (HGPs)…
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21 September 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers of prawns and prawn meat products and associated industry participants and retailers.What has changed?All BBC prawns…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 8
Host: Steve Peios
Guest: Dr Adrian Dinsdale
Dr Adrian Dinsdale, Assistant Director at the Plant Innovation Centre (PIC) at Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ), explains how game-changing technological advancements such as the…
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