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2017-22 - Authorised Officer Program – Annual Plant Exports authorised officer levy

13 June 2017Purpose The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice is to advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be issuing invoices for the $750 Plant Exports authorised officer…
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2016-61 - Business Systems Program – How to return old stock tamper-indicative seal and bolt seals to the department by 2 December 2016

​​​​28 October 2016PurposeTo advise industry of the process for returning old stock of tamper-indicative seals and bolt seals to the department by 2 December 2016. Old seals can be returned after…
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2016-48 - Authorised officer programme - Release of public register of authorised officers

5 August 2016PurposeTo advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources public register of plant exports authorised officers (AOs) is now available on the department’s website.BackgroundOn 30…
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2015-65 - Improvements to Agricultural Export Legislation

​​3 December 2015Who does this notice affect?This notice applies to agricultural export industries. PurposeTo advise exporters that the Australian Government has announced the development of…
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2018-34 - Horticulture Exports Program – Application for accreditation of Tasmanian orchards, packhouses, cold stores and fumigation facilities, to export apples and pears to protocol markets

30 July 2018Purpose The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the Tasmanian apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of:apple orchards, packhouses…
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Biosecurity Advice 2018-11 - Prawns and prawn products from all countries for human consumption-extension of comment period

​​1 June 2018The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on specific issues with Australia’s current prawn import policy to 2 July…
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Pet Food Safety

States and territories have primary responsibility for overseeing the manufacture and sale of pet food in Australia. For any information on current requirements, please contact the relevant authority in your state or territory. In 2018, following a number of pet food safety incidents, a Senate…
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National Primary Industries Research Development and Extension Framework

In 2005, through the then Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC), the Australian, state and Northern Territory governments, rural R&D corporations, CSIRO, and universities jointly developed the National Primary Industries Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Framework to…
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2016-14 - United Arab Emirates: Revised halal feeding statements for farmed seafood products (excluding bivalve molluscs)

​​​​​​Date of Issue: 30 November 2016 Date of Effect: Immediately Attention:Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Central and regional offices Affected…
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Exercise Waterhole

Exercise Waterhole was a series of workshops and exercises held in 2023. It tested and evaluated how well-prepared Australia’s animal health laboratory network was to respond to a large-scale emergency animal disease (EAD) outbreak.The simulated scenario…
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