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When levies applyLevy applies to meat chickens hatched at a hatchery in Australia.ExemptionsLevy does not apply to meat chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year:if less than 20,000 meat chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that yearthat die or are destroyed, at that hatchery…
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When levies applyLevy applies to laying chickens hatched at a hatchery in Australia.ExemptionsLevy does not apply to laying chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year:if less than 1,060 laying chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that yearthat die or are destroyed, at that…
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The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) entered into force on 5 July 2020. The agreement put in place reduced tariffs for exports of live male cattle. The live male cattle quota is managed on a first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the access amount is…
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24 August 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that PEMS will now work on a mobile phone.
Summary of changes and key points
PEMS now includes a mobile phone friendly
You can take PEMS anywhere and use it anytime using your mobile Phone.
This means that you can capture…
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24 September 2021
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of high-risk plant products and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping…
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Food regulators from around the world are gathering in Cairns today for the 27th Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCIFCS).Delegates to the weeklong gathering will be working to harmonise food import and export standards crucial to international trade…
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The project to include imported food safety requirements in our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) was completed on 14 June 2025. These requirements will continue to be available on Import requirements by food type for a transition period.Subscribe to our imported food email list to be…
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25 August 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All customs brokers, importers, biosecurity industry participants, and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, surveillance, or other purposes).
What has changed?
Earlier this year, the department…
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We conducted a risk analysis for fresh dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) from Indonesia.
We conducted the risk analysis in three key steps:
Announced the commencement of the risk analysis on 14 December 2017, via Biosecurity Advice 2017-28 and the Announcement Information Paper. We…
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At the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, we know inclusion makes us better. Better as individuals, better as a workplace, and better at delivering for the community. Inclusion in the workplace underpins our core values and helps us to deliver on our purpose and objectives.
Our new…
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