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156-2024: Urgent Scheduled Outage: Thursday 18 July 2024 – DAFF messaging, SeaPest

18 July 2024Who does this notice affect?All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo…
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181-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 31 August to Sunday 01 September 2024 – DAFF messaging, SeaPest

21 August 2024Who does this notice affect?All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo…
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185-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Thursday 29 August to Friday 30 August 2024 – DAFF messaging, SeaPest

26 August 2024Who does this notice affect?All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo…
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298-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 13 December 2024 – Inspection Requests (via email)

13 December 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections via email.InformationDetail:The department is aware of an unplanned service disruption to the…
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BICON software developers guide

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, June 2025If your organisation uses software that requires integration with BICON, you can access the BICON Software Developers Guide which provides the technical interface specifications for this system.DownloadBICON Software…
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195-2025: Unplanned Service Disruption: Saturday 21 June 2025 – Potential delays to documentary assessment processes for Self-Assessed Clearance consignments

21 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients submitting the below declarations:Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)InformationStart time:As of: 07:50 Saturday 21 June 2025 (AEST).Detail:The department is currently experiencing an unplanned…
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Machinery exported from Australia due to excessive contamination

​​Machinery imported to Australia must be free from biosecurity risk material on arrival. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015,machinery that has been brought into Australia and found to be excessively…
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Detector Dogs

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry detector dogs make an invaluable contribution to Australia’s biosecurity system, helping to protect Australia from exotic pests and diseases. Detector dogs are used in conjunction with several other biosecurity strategies and detection tools to…
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Meat Notice 2018-06 - Goat Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing (GTART) and Horse Targeted Antibacterial Residue Testing Program (HTART) – Antibacterial Confirmatory Testing for Suspect Goats and Horses

​​​NSFS reference: 13Issue date: 27/11/2018​​Date of effect: ImmediateReview date: November 2020Contact officers:Dugald MacLachlan Director Residues and Microbiology Policy 02 6272 3183Mac Tawadros…
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Residue and residue testing

​​ResiduesIn agriculture, the term ‘residue’ is generally used to describe the small amounts of agricultural and veterinary chemicals, or their breakdown products, that remain in or on an agricultural…
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